I use Edge whenever something needs to stream on a Windows PC, unlike other Chromium builds it is capable of hardware acceleration and therefor 4k streaming. Whenever you watch 4k on Google Chrome it isn't really that high quality.

[–] wildturbofan@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its not hardware acceleration, it's DRM.

[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can add as much context and nuance as you want but at the end of the day the hardware usage is locked behind a door that Edge has the key to and Chrome doesn't.

[–] TheFriendlyArtificer@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Except that you are literally saying that Chrome/Firefox doesn't have the ability to stream HD when, in fact, they are. It's just the shitty antics of one of the sleaziest companies in existence.

[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago

They are on higher end machines, but they don't have the same capabilities of Edge on Windows. If it were Chromium on some other OS then they would probably be functionally equivalent.

[–] termus@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

As much as I hate Edge and Chrome, ,my 5.1 surround sound doesn't work in Firefox. So if I want to watch something in surround on Youtube I have to switch to Edge. Then the nagging starts.