Chromium has better features, but with google announcing its plan to ‘drm the internet’ I 'm not sure if it’d be a good idea.

  • GeekFTW@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Chromium browsers have only 1 feature I need: access to the Chromecast API. I have 3, Firefox can’t connect to them and the last 2-3 times I tried the listed 3rd party methods (fx bridge, etc), I could never get it to work.

    Were it not for that, I’d be back on Firefox.

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      1 year ago

      That’s part of why I avoided getting new Chromecast devices 😄

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          1 year ago

          Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter. Despite being Microsoft, it uses Miracast.

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            1 year ago

            Isn’t Miracast an adhoc wifi network as opposed to simply connecting to an established WiFi network?

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          1 year ago

          If you ever find one let me know because I’m in the exact same boat as you. Casting videos to my TV is so damn convenient

    • Dave@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I had a similar need, and it prevented me from moving to FireFox for a long while. Luckily, I did manage to get fx_cast to work, and it’s been flawless ever since. In fact, I’d say it work more reliably than Chrome’s casting!