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We have this code in `-[nsCursorManager setMacCursor:]`:

```c++
  // Some plugins mess with our cursors and set a cursor that even
  // [NSCursor currentCursor] doesn't know about. In case that happens, just
  // reset the state.
  [[NSCursor currentCursor] set];
```

This means we call `-[NSCursor set]` on every mouse move. On macOS Monterey, with cursor accessibility coloring enabled, this function call is expensive: https://share.firefox.dev/3FQNKuH

This code is a work-around which I added 12 years ago to work around a problem with plug-ins in bug 496601. We don't support plug-ins anymore, so it should be possible to just remove it. We'll just need to double-check that doing so won't regress bug 496601 or bug 1423275.
We have this code in `-[nsCursorManager setMacCursor:]`:

```c++
  // Some plugins mess with our cursors and set a cursor that even
  // [NSCursor currentCursor] doesn't know about. In case that happens, just
  // reset the state.
  [[NSCursor currentCursor] set];
```

This means we call `-[NSCursor set]` on every mouse move. On macOS Monterey, with cursor accessibility coloring enabled, this function call is expensive: https://share.firefox.dev/3FQNKuH

It also leaks memory in the current macOS Monterey Beta, see bug 1735345.

This code is a work-around which I added 12 years ago to work around a problem with plug-ins in bug 496601. We don't support plug-ins anymore, so it should be possible to just remove it. We'll just need to double-check that doing so won't regress bug 496601 or bug 1423275.

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