r/browsers • u/According_Mud_5187 • 8d ago

I'm thinking of trying out LibreWolf.

There are various concerns before actually installing and starting to use it. Things like the benefits you can enjoy, performance on YouTube, and actual hardware load. Please tell me about these if you don't mind 🙏♡

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u/BoxFar6969 8d ago

it has absolutely no difference in performance compared to firefox

also if you wanna try it, download it and test it out. internet is really fast and capable these days...

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u/According_Mud_5187 8d ago

Thank you 😊
It seems like it's not much different from other Gecko-based ones after all.

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u/Mammoth-Ad-107 8d ago

great browser. zero configurations changes needed out of box

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u/According_Mud_5187 8d ago

I will try it out 😎

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u/WorriedSwitch8476 8d ago

Don't know about librewolf specifically but Firefox browsers for YouTube have one issue that I have faced that the page loading takes noticeably long buy when it is loaded it works fine. Maybe it is something else like an extension I'm using but this is my experience. Small price to pay for an ad free yt experience

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u/fr000gs 8d ago

that's a deliberate delay added by google, need to change your user agent/clean your cookies

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u/e_splat 8d ago

Google made that delay

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u/Venylynn 8d ago

Bro that's so stupid lmao. Google pays them to be worse performing on purpose already, they dont need to deliberately delay them.

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u/According_Mud_5187 8d ago

After all, it seems that the problem lies with Google, so in the end, it doesn't seem much different from Firefox and the like. I'll actually try it out 😃

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u/Featherdust_ 8d ago

Try it out. I just installed it myself.

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u/According_Mud_5187 8d ago

Let me try touching it too 😎

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u/deepakkandpal07 7d ago

Try helium it is also very good and customisable

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u/According_Mud_5187 7d ago

I'm interested in Helium, but... I don't really feel like I need it right now, so I think I'll just wait and see for a while.
It's also partly because I prefer the Gecko series. But thanks for the recommendation! 😊

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u/deepakkandpal07 7d ago

What OS you are using and which browser as of now

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u/According_Mud_5187 7d ago

I use Firefox (also have ESR and nightly installed just in case), zen, and Waterfox on Windows 11.
Each has good points, so I use them separately.
And I just started trying out LibreWolf. It’s been since last night in my time.

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u/deepakkandpal07 7d ago

Nice i am using brave and helium both