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If I remember correctly if you use your browser's password manager anyone with access to your PC can see your passwords, with Bitwarden or Keepass (or any other password manager) you need the master password.
Also I thought that the browser also saves the passwords unencrypted but I'm not sure if that's true.
You can see more details about how Firefox protects passwords here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-firefox-securely-saves-passwords
Obscure, not secure. It's trivial for any program you've installed to read them.
As long as you have a master password it's basically the same as a password manager, Bitwarden is more convenient because it works across apps on your phone.