Comment Comment by jasode Many replies about Firefox having no problems on Youtube but I will confirm your complaint that it's an ongoing issue for some of us.I keep retrying Firefox over multiple years and it's still not quite equal to Chrome for Youtube 4k playback ...2021: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=287839042024: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=421764502026 still talks about the problem: https://go.tabbit.ai/blog/firefox-youtube-4k-stutteringAnd a recent Youtube comment (2026-September) notices that Firefox doesn't run as well as Chrome on his modern high-end laptop with 64GB RAM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIE_PkuFeng&lc=UgxfGeBL6sopr... parent jasode 18 days ago
I keep retrying Firefox over multiple years and it's still not quite equal to Chrome for Youtube 4k playback ...
2021: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28783904
2024: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42176450
2026 still talks about the problem: https://go.tabbit.ai/blog/firefox-youtube-4k-stuttering
And a recent Youtube comment (2026-September) notices that Firefox doesn't run as well as Chrome on his modern high-end laptop with 64GB RAM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIE_PkuFeng&lc=UgxfGeBL6sopr...