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I still need to use Chrome for YouTube when I'm on my Windows 11 desktop unfortunately. YouTube in FF causes weird issues with my monitor turning on and off after I've been watching YT for more than like 20 min. It gets into a state where any new windows I open or close cause the screen to turn off then on. I have no idea where to even begin diagnosing what's going on. This behavior seemingly goes away when I run YT in chrome and everything else in FF.

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Same, I don't know what it is but firefox locks up whenever I try to watch youtube on my laptop. It's only my windows laptop too. My linux laptop, and windows desktop at work are fine.

Unrelatedly, I use Chrome for websites where I need to be logged into a Google account (gmail, youtube, google docs, google maps, etc.) and Firefox for everything else. I like keeping the two activities separate.

Weird. I would try changing the browser's hardware acceleration settings.

I think this mpre could be a graphic driver problem. Test update to the latest from your pc manufacturer or your graphic card manufacturer (they could differ).

Does that also happen for other video sites?

Yup, you also need Chrome if you are using Google Meet, otherwise our experience will be significantly degraded.

Now on FF you also have the webcam filters and stuff like that on Google Meet.

It was my only reason to launch Chrome on my job laptop and it's been six months that I use Google Meet daily on FF without issue.

I and my coworkers have recently switched from WebEx to Meet in the last month (thank goodness), and all found meet unbearable on ff. The most common issue is audio simply going out a few minutes in until you refresh. These issues, for whatever reason, don't happen on chrome, so we all keep both installed (except the regular chrome users).

For whatever reason, the experience just isn't there. Maybe it's Mozillas fault, maybe it's Google's, maybe it's even Apple's.

I do use Edge for this, any hint of what I may be loosing by not using Chrome for Gmeet?

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