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> Firefox is a good browser Increasingly it isn’t. It’s crashing 2 or 3 times a day for me now, and video conferencing is barely usable.

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ngruhn 1y ago
Hasn't crashed for me once and I use it daily.
- trenchpilgrim 1y ago
  Been crashing for me and friends for about a week now, mostly on youtube
  - ACCount37 1y ago
    That's on YouTube. It doesn't work well on anything now, and hasn't for a long, long while.
    - surajrmal 1y ago
      Works well on chrome and android. I've never had issues
  - tremon 1y ago
    Blame Youtube for that. It is very much in Google's interest to have Youtube misbehave on non-Google browsers.
    - ghssds 1y ago
      No website should be able to crash a good web browser. It's totally a Firefox failure.
  - notanastronaut 1y ago
    Google has been caught red-handed causing deliberate issues for non-Chrome browsers. Try changing the browser-agent and see if you still have issues.
    - trenchpilgrim 1y ago
      Firefox and Chrome use the same agent.
  - numpad0 1y ago
    Is that tab crashes or whole browser crash? YouTube on Firefox appear to trigger memory leaks of some sort. I get routine tab crashes for that reason too, but not as much browser crashes.
    - trenchpilgrim 1y ago
      Tab crashes sometimes, other times my browser gets slow and I restart the whole thing
- aendruk 1y ago
  I use Firefox exclusively. Crashes: Report ID Date Submitted bp-5587943e-af6f-47c2-a76c-085760251104 2025-11-03T16:18-08:00 bp-a96400f2-ce05-46df-a842-d7c960251102 2025-11-01T17:18-07:00 bp-917e4083-c1d6-492a-b730-61dd70251028 2025-10-28T10:59-07:00 bp-6556dab8-37ed-4a6e-9aab-965c70251021 2025-10-21T09:46-07:00 bp-b706c918-4851-4006-95ff-a97a70251008 2025-10-07T21:07-07:00 bp-769d1eee-2154-4336-a448-7343e0251001 2025-10-01T11:12-07:00 bp-e8720d2c-bd70-4e20-ac97-7b81f0250926 2025-09-26T10:31-07:00 bp-086eb3f5-0507-4a0c-8482-b4d890250916 2025-09-16T11:36-07:00 bp-2aeacd1a-2bd3-4bdb-a748-a3d080250827 2025-08-27T11:10-07:00 bp-5528185d-592b-486a-922e-e52bc0250821 2025-08-21T14:23-07:00 bp-1e06d027-b690-45b4-b507-d11e70250815 2025-08-15T15:59-07:00 bp-d0ecb20a-9a39-459d-b3bf-446df0250807 2025-08-06T20:21-07:00 bp-208cc026-e144-46e7-a891-aaddb0250804 2025-08-04T08:50-07:00
notanastronaut 1y ago
I've completely avoided Chrome/Edge in the browser wars. I went from Netscape to IE to Firefox and stayed there. I was using it before and after its notorious changes to WebExtensions API breaking many plugins in 2017. I don't have any crashing issues with it. I even remember the great "speed test" wars where pages like Lifehacker were measuring how long pages took to load and declared this or that browser the winner for that year. That being said, the direction their privacy policy is going is concerning and giving me reason to eye alternatives. But from a technical standpoint it's solid on my end.
nativeit 11mo ago
It’s my primary browser on every device, I use Windows, Linux, and Apple devices daily. I can’t remember the last time it crashed (if ever). I also use a ton of extensions, some of which are a little sketchy (devlopment-wise, nothing morally questionable). Still, no technical issues at all. The behavior of Mozilla, on the other hand, I take plenty of issue with. Edit: correcting autocorrect.

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ngruhn 1y ago

Hasn't crashed for me once and I use it daily.

trenchpilgrim 1y ago
Been crashing for me and friends for about a week now, mostly on youtube
- ACCount37 1y ago
  That's on YouTube. It doesn't work well on anything now, and hasn't for a long, long while.
  - surajrmal 1y ago
    Works well on chrome and android. I've never had issues
- tremon 1y ago
  Blame Youtube for that. It is very much in Google's interest to have Youtube misbehave on non-Google browsers.
  - ghssds 1y ago
    No website should be able to crash a good web browser. It's totally a Firefox failure.
- notanastronaut 1y ago
  Google has been caught red-handed causing deliberate issues for non-Chrome browsers. Try changing the browser-agent and see if you still have issues.
  - trenchpilgrim 1y ago
    Firefox and Chrome use the same agent.
- numpad0 1y ago
  Is that tab crashes or whole browser crash? YouTube on Firefox appear to trigger memory leaks of some sort. I get routine tab crashes for that reason too, but not as much browser crashes.
  - trenchpilgrim 1y ago
    Tab crashes sometimes, other times my browser gets slow and I restart the whole thing
aendruk 1y ago
I use Firefox exclusively. Crashes: Report ID Date Submitted bp-5587943e-af6f-47c2-a76c-085760251104 2025-11-03T16:18-08:00 bp-a96400f2-ce05-46df-a842-d7c960251102 2025-11-01T17:18-07:00 bp-917e4083-c1d6-492a-b730-61dd70251028 2025-10-28T10:59-07:00 bp-6556dab8-37ed-4a6e-9aab-965c70251021 2025-10-21T09:46-07:00 bp-b706c918-4851-4006-95ff-a97a70251008 2025-10-07T21:07-07:00 bp-769d1eee-2154-4336-a448-7343e0251001 2025-10-01T11:12-07:00 bp-e8720d2c-bd70-4e20-ac97-7b81f0250926 2025-09-26T10:31-07:00 bp-086eb3f5-0507-4a0c-8482-b4d890250916 2025-09-16T11:36-07:00 bp-2aeacd1a-2bd3-4bdb-a748-a3d080250827 2025-08-27T11:10-07:00 bp-5528185d-592b-486a-922e-e52bc0250821 2025-08-21T14:23-07:00 bp-1e06d027-b690-45b4-b507-d11e70250815 2025-08-15T15:59-07:00 bp-d0ecb20a-9a39-459d-b3bf-446df0250807 2025-08-06T20:21-07:00 bp-208cc026-e144-46e7-a891-aaddb0250804 2025-08-04T08:50-07:00

notanastronaut 1y ago

I've completely avoided Chrome/Edge in the browser wars. I went from Netscape to IE to Firefox and stayed there. I was using it before and after its notorious changes to WebExtensions API breaking many plugins in 2017. I don't have any crashing issues with it. I even remember the great "speed test" wars where pages like Lifehacker were measuring how long pages took to load and declared this or that browser the winner for that year. That being said, the direction their privacy policy is going is concerning and giving me reason to eye alternatives. But from a technical standpoint it's solid on my end.

nativeit 11mo ago

It’s my primary browser on every device, I use Windows, Linux, and Apple devices daily. I can’t remember the last time it crashed (if ever). I also use a ton of extensions, some of which are a little sketchy (devlopment-wise, nothing morally questionable). Still, no technical issues at all. The behavior of Mozilla, on the other hand, I take plenty of issue with. Edit: correcting autocorrect.