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I stopped using all Google products in my personal life quite some time ago (including Gmail, Maps, etc.). I gave the latest Firefox a shot though and found it super slow on my Macbook Pro compared with Chrome and Safari, so stuck with Safari.

Would love to return to using Firefox but even without any extensions installed I experience regular lag. Anyone else?

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I did for a while. Around version 58 it started performing better again. Then something in v60 caused a bunch of CPU spikes again, so I'm using Developer Edition, which is on v61 and doesn't have that issue.

I would say 99% of the time, Firefox is great for me. There are occasional sites that I open in Chrome - either because of video choppiness or JS going out of control on a page.

However, I would love it if it were less of a gamble when upgrading versions.

I hear you. I'll give v61 a go.

You likely won't come back to this, but in the event you do - thank you. V61 dev edition is working an absolute charm for me.

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