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		codethief on Oct 21, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook Container for Firefox I used to always include `--no-remote` here but it seems `firefox -P <profile>` now works, too, even when another Firefox instance is already running. Is anyone experiencing the same?

quesera on Oct 22, 2020 [–]

When I last tested, it varied by platform.

Linux was happy to open a new instance without the `--new-instance` option (which is implied by `--no-remote`), but macOS required it.

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