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 2 years ago (1 children)

Its not hardware acceleration, it's DRM.

[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 2 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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.

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