No Sound from browser after V52

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No sound from browser using 52.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 52.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 AMD64

Release 12.04 and 14.04... I don't use 16.04 due to systemd.

I upgraded Firefox to version 52 on an ALSA-only linux system.

Actual results:

All sites that play audio are now broken.

Expected results:

Audio playback should have continued to work.

This new PulseAudio requirement renders Firefox useless to me as a general-purpose browser. PulseAudio is not viable on some systems, and due to its design, that is extremely unlikely to ever change. By making Firefox depend on it, you have just forced me to spend my time preparing a migration to another browser on the systems I maintain or support.

Please return ALSA support to the standard build so that we can once again use Firefox.

I suggest that Ubuntu REMOVE firefox from the repo's and instead switch to Pale Moon as the default browser.

Alternatively I suggest IceWeasel, if they have not followed the same path since it is based off FF with out branding.

Last option is for Canocicial/Ubuntu to patch FF and return ALSA support.

I do not use PulseAudio, and never will. I have setups which require ALSA and only ALSA installed to work, ie: various ASLA plugins which are used to process audio.

Additionally with the removal of flash plugin support in FF, and upcoming CPU support removal, I don't think this program is very "Linux-y" or "Ubuntu" in its support or ideas. As much as you may hate on flash, it regrettably is still a need in 2017. Some sites are never going to change, and will just force users to use a browser that supports it or really the intent is to force a change in OS to something that support its, IOW, NOT Linux(Ubuntu)!

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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1348569

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From the mozilla discussion can/will this resolve this???

Ubuntu builds use "--enable-alsa" and this will correct things, at least till that code disappears from the tree?????

If not then remove it from the default install, use IceWeasel if it includes ALSA, or move to Pale Moon...

Really just remove firefox... Why do you need 5.1 sound from a BROWSER!????!!!?? If you need 5.1 sound from something then some actual media player software is more applicable...

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Additionally, this "telemetry" aka SPYING! Should be disabled by in future builds as well! And mozilla should be notified of this so they quit relying on this big brother data collection! I don't care if it is "anonymous!" NYET COMRADE!