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Should I use chromium based browsers or firefox? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Chromium has better features, but with google announcing its plan to 'drm the internet' I 'm not sure if it'd be a good idea.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Chromium browsers have only 1 feature I need: access to the Chromecast API. I have 3, Firefox can't connect to them and the last 2-3 times I tried the listed 3rd party methods (fx bridge, etc), I could never get it to work.

Were it not for that, I'd be back on Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's part of why I avoided getting new Chromecast devices 😄

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

well? what do you have? I would love to flush my chromecasts but they're so useful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If you ever find one let me know because I'm in the exact same boat as you. Casting videos to my TV is so damn convenient

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter. Despite being Microsoft, it uses Miracast.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Isn't Miracast an adhoc wifi network as opposed to simply connecting to an established WiFi network?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I've had these ones from 3-10 years depending on the unit XD

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I had a similar need, and it prevented me from moving to FireFox for a long while. Luckily, I did manage to get fx_cast to work, and it's been flawless ever since. In fact, I'd say it work more reliably than Chrome's casting!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you tried setting browser.casting.enabled = true in Firefox's about:config settings?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Trust me, I've tried everything there is. For hours, literally. Nothing worked.

(Casting from Firefox (beta) on Android.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

That's a bummer. Personally, I use an app made to cast web video on android because it has better casting experience (including subtitles support) and wider range of supported websites. The dev is also responsive and would push a fix if you report any site where it doesn't work: Web Video Caster

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Agreed, it's an amazing app, well worth the price for premium version.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll definitely try it out.