I’d agree that Google Chrome was noticeably faster than Firefox up until around a decade ago. However, I haven’t noticed it to be any faster since then. What makes web browsing faster for me is the use of web extensions that disable the downloading of unnecessary resources and/or the execution of pointless Javascript, e.g., NoScript, uMatrix, uBlock, Privacy Badger, etc – the same extensions that will have their abilities greatly reduced by Manifest v3.
I'm on Linux, and Firefox's performance is still behind Chromium. Mozilla only recently enabled hardware acceleration. There are benchmarks in which Firefox beats Chrome (https://arewefastyet.com/linux64/benchmarks/overview?numDays... has an overview) but in general Chrome is faster.
On Windows and macOS Firefox is a bit more competitive, but important benchmarks such as JetStream and Speedometer still have Firefox easily beat (note the inverted score axes).
That doesn't mean Firefox is slow per se, it just means Chromium (and WebKit) are faster.
On Android I use Firefox for its addon support, but the UI is notably more glitchy and buggy than Chrome's.
I haven't noticed any speed differences between Chrome and Firefox for quite some time now (Linux here, so maybe it's different on Windows or macOS).
And I haven't found the Google services integration to be all that deep or interesting to matter. In fact, I'd found the opposite to be true: it's gotten in the way. Having the browser log into your Google Account directly has led to some confusing behavior, especially when signing into a second account via some webapp, which sometimes changes how the browser is signed in.
Regardless, I think we all would be better off with a bit less integration of Google services in our lives.
Anthony-G|2 years ago
Larrikin|2 years ago
boudin|2 years ago
jeroenhd|2 years ago
On Windows and macOS Firefox is a bit more competitive, but important benchmarks such as JetStream and Speedometer still have Firefox easily beat (note the inverted score axes).
That doesn't mean Firefox is slow per se, it just means Chromium (and WebKit) are faster.
On Android I use Firefox for its addon support, but the UI is notably more glitchy and buggy than Chrome's.
fooker|2 years ago
Rendering/JS performance seems reasonable nowadays, but the UI has weird skips and freezes fairly often.
marginalia_nu|2 years ago
kelnos|2 years ago
And I haven't found the Google services integration to be all that deep or interesting to matter. In fact, I'd found the opposite to be true: it's gotten in the way. Having the browser log into your Google Account directly has led to some confusing behavior, especially when signing into a second account via some webapp, which sometimes changes how the browser is signed in.
Regardless, I think we all would be better off with a bit less integration of Google services in our lives.