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It's not just Google Maps. It's any webapp from Google. Youtube and Gmail run very poorly in Firefox compared to Chromium browsers. I don't use Google docs, but I'm willing to bet it has the same issues. It's not very noticeable if you have a beefy PC, but on the mini PC I'm currently using, the difference is quite significant.

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Even on a very beefy pc, whatever is going on in the firefox runtime can't keep up. My machine was built last year, high performing i7, 32gb ram, 3080ti, etc. Can run any new game at max settings without shuddering but maps and other google properties fall apart.

I'm not sure whether the problem is in the firefox runtime or in the way google optimizes for Chrome (and maybe even "accidentally" slows things down on firefox)

DOS AIN'T DONE TILL LOTUS WON'T RUN

Remember that mantra?

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