• 👁️👄👁️@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Niceee, Firefox Android needs more attention. It's such an underrated browser. It's non chromium, search bar on bottom by default, uBlock Origin, https-only mode, cookie banner reduction (soon), the best reader mode of all browsers, and addon support.

    • SootySootySoot [any]
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      1 year ago

      Firefox for Android previously only supported a limited number of select extensions. They're finally opening it up so you can use any extension.

  • oranges@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Glad I made the switch back to FireFox a year or two ago. As a Dev, I was entrenched in Chrome and it wasn't an easy move but with the path Google are currently treading around ad serving, blocking the ad blocks etc. I feel I made the right choice.....

    • arc@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I use Firefox on Android and it's great. Ad blocking is the big one but it's just a good browser. I deleted the Twitter and Reddit apps recently and Firefox lets me bookmark the sites on the launcher so it's like a separate "app" but not taking up 100s MB of space and I can block ads on these sites. I'm hoping that I'll be to use the Twitter desktop extension that prunes even more junk out of the experience - recommendations, what's trending and other clickbait garbage

  • Hutch@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    This is great news, I've just switched to Firefox & Firefox Focus on Android as a longtime user of Mobile Chrome and Desktop Firefox. It always felt weak on mobile, but things have changed. Still hating the purple though, and the placement of the new tab button but that's a small price to pay.

  • bet@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    If this comes through, I might no longer need Iceraven (andoid firefox with full addon support, like before they tore it out; I use it for Singlefile)

    • eco@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Android has locked down free access to storage in recent versions. Blame Google.

    • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      They are, since there are definitely benefits and makes migration easier, but they are also allowing the support needed for adblockers to be just as strong as they are now. So it keeps the benefits while also keeping adblockers strong like right now.

      https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/05/27/manifest-v3-update/

      The issue is that Chrome is trying to replace webRequest.BlockingResponse which is essential for content blockers, which Mozilla is pointing out and keeping supported.

  • hunt4peas@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Will this also affect IceRaven browser, a fork of Firefox mobile? Also, will it allows us to load extensions locally, like the Bypass Paywall Clean extension?