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I use Firefox. I've found the big battery hit has come from streaming services (Netflix, Pandora, Spotify, Youtube, etc). One small change I made was streaming
by greggarious 8y ago
I use Firefox. I've found the big battery hit has come from streaming services (Netflix, Pandora, Spotify, Youtube, etc).
One small change I made was streaming music to my phone, and that had a big impact.
I know that streaming will use some battery life, but the amount of CPU being used by say, Pandora, was rather extreme.
- bmurphy1976 8y agoSure, those will kill battery usage, but that's not what I'm doing. Typically I'm bouncing between the browser with about 10 informational tabs open, terminal, and sublime text all day long. There's a night and day difference using Safari vs Firefox for just regular browsing. I'm not the only one who experiences this either, I have a coworker who complains about the same issue with his couple year old MBP. Firefox is a battery vampire.
- nextos 8y agoIt'd be interesting to monitor Firefox vs Safari using e.g. powertop. Using Linux, I get excellent battery life using Firefox. But it might be the case that safari is still much better, or that it behaves differently on macOS.
- pcwalton 8y agoNote that the GL context opacity issue is entirely macOS-specific and does not affect Linux.
- pull_my_finger 8y agoI wonder if it's DRM related?