Nope. I watch a lotta youtube on a PC, FF runs vids like crap because Google changes something, and FF struggls to play well unlike Chrome or Edge.

That's the only reason I am not switching to FF 100%. I do use it though but not as a main driver.

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nicce 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They do that on purpose. To keep you using Chrome.

Some of the related posts:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/youtube-is-slowing-video-loads...

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yipinwong 3 hours ago | parent [-]

ty. This... yes, you know why I don't use FF for Youtube...

	▲	jojobas 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This is why you should only use firefox, with a proper adblocker, for youtube.

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accrual 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Interesting, YouTube runs fairly well on my system with Firefox. I do get the "Experiencing interruptions? Find out why" pop-up often. It's funny though, the only interruption I actually experience is the pop-up. If the pop-up went away, so would all interruptions.

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yipinwong 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I have a paid sub, and runs youtube without any ad blockers on chrome and FF. The issue happens only on FF

	▲	accrual 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, I would not be surprised at all if there's "if not Chrome UA, show popup" code somewhere.

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jasode 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Many replies about Firefox having no problems on Youtube but I will confirm your complaint that it's an ongoing issue for some of us.

I keep retrying Firefox over multiple years and it's still not quite equal to Chrome for Youtube 4k playback ...

2021: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28783904

2024: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42176450

2026 still talks about the problem: https://go.tabbit.ai/blog/firefox-youtube-4k-stuttering

And a recent Youtube comment (2026-September) notices that Firefox doesn't run as well as Chrome on his modern high-end laptop with 64GB RAM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIE_PkuFeng&lc=UgxfGeBL6sopr...

	▲	simondotau 33 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I sometimes have difficulty with YouTube 4K on Firefox on my Mac Studio (M2 Max with 64GB). I don't really care though, because 1440p is always well and truly good enough. (And really 1080p is more than good enough except that the default bitrate is absolute dogshit. Most of the time I'm choosing 1440p is because it's bitrate is not dogshit.)
	▲	jacquesm 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		4k? That might have something to do with it. Though given a big enough box that too shouldn't be an issue. But I'm using a decade+ old thinkpad driving a fairly high res dell and it works well enough.
	▲	yipinwong 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		"Works on My Machine" reply.

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lelanthran 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I've used FF for the past 20 years (Linux and Windows). I have seen thousands of youtube videos in that time without a glitch. So have many hundreds of other FF users.

If FF is not working on youtube for, it's not working for you and you alone.

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vasachi 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I've had zero problems with Youtube on FF for I don't remember how many years. I'm on Mac though.

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floydnoel 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I just use Brave for YT. Adblock built in!

	▲	yipinwong 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I used to use Brave and it had no issues on YT. I stopped using Brave for no reason i don't remember. (no, not to do with the CEO)

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throw0101c 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Nope. I watch a lotta youtube on a PC, FF runs vids like crap because Google changes something, and FF struggls to play well unlike Chrome or Edge.

I generally use Safari on my Apple devices (and YT works) and Firefox on any Linux machines. If something does not work on Safari I try Firefox on my Mac. In the past I've also sometimes used Chrome when no other option works.

So one option could be to use Firefox as a 'general use' browser, and switch to something else on an as-needed basis.

A bit of a hassle, but it may be the best compromise currently.

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jacquesm 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Never had a problem with that.

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lightedman 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

"Nope. I watch a lotta youtube on a PC, FF runs vids like crap because Google changes something, and FF struggls to play well unlike Chrome or Edge."

You must have a hardware problem, as I'm playing 4K videos on a 1st-gen Ryzen and GTX 1080 using Firefox and I've never had a single issue since I got the machine, around the 4th week the processor was available to purchase.

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cwel an hour ago | parent [-]

r7 1700 and GTX 1080 was my setup for a long time. still is, just relegated to an htpc (albeit not a very power friendly one). the 1080 in particular was (and remains) such a reliable card.

	▲	jacquesm 37 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The 1080 was quite amazing when it came out. I still have one here that I use as a test card. Of course it can't do anything useful for the amount of power that it consumes but still, the amount of horsepower in there was very impressive.