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Google Fiber doesn't play well with MacOS Firefox?

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I have a Google Fiber connection (up to 500 Mbps). When I use the Firefox 89.0 browser (my favorite), at best I get about one fifth of the speed that I get when using the Safari browser (e.g., 70 vs. 340 Mbps). I guess I could just use Safari but apart from the ease of use thanks to uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger add-ons in Firefox, Netflix doesn't want to stream in Safari. So I am screwed either way. The Google Fiber help line doesn't know what to do, their tech who came to my home said that he sees this a lot with Firefox, no solution. And yes, I have 150 GB of empty space on my hard drive so that's not an issue. Also, MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6, 16 GB of 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM, 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7, Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB. Any ideas what causes this and/or how this can be fixed or improved?

I have a Google Fiber connection (up to 500 Mbps). When I use the Firefox 89.0 browser (my favorite), at best I get about one fifth of the speed that I get when using the Safari browser (e.g., 70 vs. 340 Mbps). I guess I could just use Safari but apart from the ease of use thanks to uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger add-ons in Firefox, Netflix doesn't want to stream in Safari. So I am screwed either way. The Google Fiber help line doesn't know what to do, their tech who came to my home said that he sees this a lot with Firefox, no solution. And yes, I have 150 GB of empty space on my hard drive so that's not an issue. Also, MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6, 16 GB of 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM, 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7, Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB. Any ideas what causes this and/or how this can be fixed or improved?

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