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I've been using Firefox every day on the same mbp 2015 with the same addons for almost 4y now. It might be uBO, but either way: FF drains battery. The Energy tab in Activity Monitor is very clear about it. When I switch to Safari (also uBO, fwiiw), fans stop spinning, the browsing experience feels like I upgraded to broadband and I get 2h more out of a charge.

Before quantum, during quantum rollout, since quantum, doesn't matter.

I've just accepted that slightly increased privacy comes at the cost of being plugged in to the mains. That's fine, I accept it, but I hope it's hardly disingenuous.



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