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Google Chrome's Latest Optimizations Let You Watch YouTube for 18 Hours on the M2 MacBook Pro

I've been observing some strangeness with the latest version of Safari 16.3 for macOS where it isn't redrawing parts of the page properly. I need to do a page refresh to get it to behave properly. I've only seen this very randomly, and for a short period of time, not consistently. But it did concern me.

Chrome sure is super fast and feels rock solid.

Safari is my primary browser, but Chrome is a close second. I use both in my web development work, as Chrome's Web Inspector reporting can be more informative in its error messages. Where things remained a mystery in Safari, Chrome reported an exact error message that identified the issue.
 
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IMPOSSIBLEMAN said:
... I am starting to worry at the level of Apple software lag in terms of modern features. Looking at AI, Siri, iOS, iPad OS, and even Ventura it looks to me like Apple is constantly focusing on silly stuff like Animojis while ignoring what people actually want and request.
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Animojis are MUCH cheaper to develop then useful stuff. There are many things Apple could do with macos but, it would mean spending resources.
 
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Paradoxally said:
Meh, it's not as good as Chromium browsers because of its rendering engine. The internet is built on and for Chromium.

(That doesn't mean you should use Chrome, though.)
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Do you know the fully history of Chrome and Safari, and web browsers in general?

The crown belonged to many browsers over the ages:
  1. Netscape Navigator
  2. Internet Explorer
  3. Mozilla Firefox (lean in the beginning, and then became bloated over time, back to lean)
  4. Chrome (on desktop), and Safari (on mobile).
  5. Edge (on Windows, since it's the default, but many replace with Chrome eventually).
On non-iOS devices, it's a mixed bag with Samsung's browser being the default on many devices.

I firmly believe that the _only_ reason that Chrome now holds the crown is because of Google's aggressive promotion and strong presence in the overall market. Safari was better than Chrome in the earliest days of the Chromium project.

Firefox was always a distant third in my world because of its substandard interface and that it rendered text differently, but recent updates has addressed those and now it's right on par with Chrome and Safari in terms of feeling "native" and rendering equally.
 
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jz0309 said:
I feel sorry for anyone who watches YouTube or any other channel for 18hrs straight…
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On my days off, I often have YouTube going all day as I'm doing other things--not literally watching it the whole time. Normally old talk shows, documentaries, or music. But I think the point is more a measure of the battery optimization vs. a real-life scenario.

sw1tcher said:
There are no YouTube ads if you have an ad blocker.
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Or subscribe to YouTube Premium
 
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Sayewhat said:
18 hours of streaming of YouTube several days a week? I'm sure their ISP will throttle them or charge them when they hit a usage limit. 😂
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Thankfully my ISP doesn't do that. They oughtn't either for the price I'm paying!
 
Superhai said:
The video quality option is under Advanced, I think the Low Power mode is M1/M2 only.
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Ah there it is! Thank you!

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Cool. Heh. (Just turned that on).
 
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usagora said:
On my days off, I often have YouTube going all day as I'm doing other things--not literally watching it the whole time. Normally old talk shows, documentaries, or music. But I think the point is more a measure of the battery optimization vs. a real-life scenario.



Or subscribe to YouTube Premium
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Youtube Premium - for Google Family - only way I survive (and the lucky 4 others in my Google Family). :D I couldn't do Youtube without it.
 
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Chrome trashed my Mac like a compactor. For YEARS my cpu fan was "eeeeeeeeeEEEEEEE!!!" even after I removed Chrome. A full wipe and reinstall finally shut the fan up. Re-add chrome, "eeeeeeeEEEEEEE" immediately. Another full wipe. Quiet fan. Never ever Chrome. Never again. Never.
 
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Google might be adding this feature in response to rumors that are pointing to non-WebKit rendering engines being allowed on iOS soon. It's interesting how they chose to spotlight the M2 MacBook Pro as opposed to a Chromebook or Windows laptop.
 
IMPOSSIBLEMAN said:
I don't love Chrome as I actually think Edge is more advanced these days but man I am starting to worry at the level of Apple software lag in terms of modern features. Looking at AI, Siri, iOS, iPad OS, and even Ventura it looks to me like Apple is constantly focusing on silly stuff like Animojis while ignoring what people actually want and request.

Good thing for Apple Android is in a terrible state right now.
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You’re totally right, they only focus on Animojis, and not all of the feature sets and complexities of the entire OS and device ecosystem.
 
sw1tcher said:
Free ad blocker vs YouTube Premium for $11.99/mo or $119.99/yr.

Tough decision 🤣
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There's a lot more to YouTube Premium than just no ads, and I've experienced buggy behavior with ad-blockers on YouTube in the past before I had Premium. Easy decision for me. $12/month is nothing. Many people spend far more than that on frivolous things each month...just cut back slightly on those, and you break even 😉
 
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