Is Firefox any good in android? It's my main browser in PC but is the mobile version better than chrome or Brave?
Yes.
Yeah it's good. It actually lets you use all the same addons as the desktop version.
Unrelated but should I switch to firefox on mobile I am using jelly right now.
>>106462164Yeah
>>106462080It serves my needs just fine, but I am not a heavy mobile user, I just shitpost while on the toilet. And I actually prefer its UI to the Chromium browsers I've tried, but I know a lot of anons hate it. Like the others said, it's main advantage is the extension support. It also lets you listen to YouTube videos with the screen off like Brave does. Another anon complained about overheating, but I don't use the phone enough to be able to tell if this is a genuine issue and, if so, if it is a Firefox specific issue or just a phone browser issue in general.
I only use it on desktop. Brave is better for blocking ads and youtube on Android.
>>106462481>Brave is better for blocking ads and youtube on Android.Is it? Because Firefox offers the same functions with uBlock Origin. Maybe it doesn't on iPhone because of Apple's retarded restrictions or whatever, but that doesn't matter.
>>106462080Firefox sells your information now. Use Librewolf on PC and Waterfox on Android. They are both forks that do not sell your information. Librewolf has so many safety precautions though that you'll have to make some changes to the default settings for most sites to function properly. The only downside to Librewolf.
>>106462080Yes. It has addon support. I think it even suggests uBlock Origin.
>>106462080On* androidESL fuckhead
>>106463447Not OP, but it could also be a typo. I and O are right next to each other and I've accidentally pressed the wrong one before.
>>106463535Actually nvm, he did it twice. Carry on.
>>106462080two words: full ublock
>>106462080It's OK.They fucked it up like 10 years ago so it's not as customizable and they took away most addons but I think that's fixed now. I still can't save as pdf.
They still haven't fixed the bug i reported.
>>106462127Yep, got to have my ublock origin to make shit like youtube even remotely usable. I use Firefox on my phone instead of most apps.
>>106462080>Is Firefox any good in android?I use it. It works. That's about it.
>>106462989You absolute tard, Librewolf uses the exact same Firefox code (you know, that code that is supposedly selling your information despite nobody offering up any proof of that)
>>106462080It's ok by itself and ublock origin is a considerable advantage, but tab handling is sort of fucked. So if you're using just one tab, you'll be fine, but if you use multiple, it's not that great of an experience.
>>106462080ublock and youtube, works like on desktop no need for yt apps, muh whole sideloading discussion irrelevant
>>106464143no fucking clue what you mean, maybe get some more ram or habit of cleaning old/one time use tabs
>>106462127not reallyonly some of them
>>106464256use nightly, it allows all
>>106464256inb4 half of them are hard to navigate in settings, then go back to main and use curated list, on nightly you can have your full blown desktop experience tho
>>106462080I have fennec. extensions so far
I found Firefox to be better with add-ons on Android (the aforementioned uBlock Origin being the key), but slower and less compatible with some sites. I actually got a site demanding I "upgrade" to a new browser when I visited in Firefox. I'll try again maybe nightly to see if it has improved. Brave has adblock built in that works well enough, and is based on Chromium which is the Internet Explorer of 2025 so more things are compatible and it is fast.
>>106464270>>106464290good to know about nightly
>>106464087you just contradicted yourselfwhat a clowneducate yourself before embarrassing yourself further
>>106464305chromium is dead, even on desktop ppl are jumping through hoops to get proper adblocking, with fennec/ff nightly you get full protection from google bullshit, and it also allows you to play yt vids as audio with locked phone, no fucking need for appa, you get the same experience as on desktop, but whatever, if manifest2 kill didn't make you change go graphene, install play store and buy yt premium, sheep can't be helped
>>106464371Brave has built in adblocking and plans to maintain Manifest v2 as long as possible.
>>106464270Nightly? I've been using Firefox mobile for like 10 years and it's always supported my extensions.
>>106464386brave is chromium so means shit as googol will make maintaining manifestv2 as hard as possible and they will fold, they have like 2-3 devs on repackaging chromium with their crypto shit, inb4 we tried guise but the resources needed are just too damn high, welcome back to google adnetwork
>>106464387you either use fennec/ffbeta/ffnightly or some flavour of dev build or you're just using only the pre-approved extensions, no idea man, but main ff apk only allows like 10-15 extensions, gotta go nightly or fennec for tampermonkey etc
>>106464237It's got nothing to do with the tab hibernation/ram issues that were more common in the past.What I mean is that Firefox is fairly odd when handling new tabs. If you tap the new tab button, you don't actually get a new tab, it just changes to the home page. If you enter a new url there, Firefox may either open a new tab, or just reuse the current one (so you still have a single tab). There is no real explanation how Firefox decides this and no way to go around it unless you install something like the Essential Buttons extension, which creates a toolbar where you can add a proper new tab button.So yeah, if you're just using a single tab all the time or you just open new tabs from links by holding down the link and selecting the popup menu, it's fine. Otherwise it can be a bit infuriating.
>>106462080They broke the back button for google searches a while ago. Has to do with privacy shit to prevent data leaking from autoentry and because there are special codepaths for google.com. If they can unfuck that finally, I have no complaint for now.They are trying out a new menu which is fucked too, but for now I can turn it off.
>>106464471change fucking new tab behaviour in options
>>106464471nigga what
>>106462080Yes, of course.I want my extensions and synchronization with the desktop browser.How the fuck do you guys even live with browsers without synchronization? It's way too practical.Also, Chrome is literal spyware, so it's a non-starter.
>>106464341How the fuck did he contradict himself?People are spouting the same shit about Firefox, without ever providing the link to the code where said identifiable information is captured.It's like they don't know what "open-source" means.
>>106464597https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/firefox-deletes-promise-to-never-sell-personal-data-asks-users-not-to-panic/
>>106464513Where?>>106464534He's right. That's the behaviour I have on mine.
>>106464513Are you sure you are talking about Firefox for Android here?>>106464534Basically, Firefox does not open a new tab when you tap the new tab button (if you are on nightly, there is a secret setting to override this, which is still a bit buggy), and there is a chance that, upon trying to enter a url, Firefox decides to just recycle the tab you were on instead of creating another. It's a weird behavior that resulted in the entire HNT tracker in bugzilla.HNT would be the solution and it would be right around the corner, but when it comes to Mozilla, "right around the corner" can mean anywhere between 2 months and 14 years.
>>106464607Ok. Now show me the piece of code that captures personally identifiable data and sends it to Mozilla. Go on, I'll wait.Wanna know why no one has EVER linked to that? Because it doesn't exist.Absolutely no one would use Firefox if that were to be the case, and all Linux distros would drop it as the default browser.All alarms will blare the moment a commit arrives with spyware-grade code on Firefox.
>>106464698>HNTWhat does that mean?
>>106464652>>106464698been using it for years and it never happened, new tab opens a new tab and does nothing to other tabs, every single timemust be some weird bug in a specific configurationi have it like this>tabs: grid / never / off>homepage: all off / homepage
>>106464712Homepage as a New Tab. It changes the behavior of the new tab button so that it actually open a new tab with the homepage on it, same as you would expect in any other browser.If you are on Firefox nightly, you can enable it in the secret settings section, following these instructions:https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/mobile/android/fenix/Secret-settings-debug-menu-instructions.htmlObviously it's a work in progress, but for the most part it's ok.
>>106464702
>>106462080yes
>>106464772He's not moving any goal posts though.You are aware that Librewolf is using the exact same source code as vanilla Firefox, right? If there is some secret "sells all your data" sauce in there somewhere then that is also embedded in Librewolf and any other forks.
>>106465001No he's actually right
>>106462080Firefox is awful on Android, but IronFox makes it great again.
>>106465109He's right that Californian law requires them to remove their promise of selling your data. He's incorrect to say that they are selling your data (they're not. If you think they are then prove it. Asking for proof is not moving any goal posts, especially since if they are in fact selling your data then that will still affect your Librewolf usage as Librewolf is using the exact same source code. The whole notion that using Librewolf shields you from this is bonkers)
>>106465164>He's rightsheeeit that's all you had to say negro
>>106465179He's not though. Worse, he thinks that Librewolf is somehow not selling your data but Mozilla is, even though that it is the exact same code with a different logo.They're not selling your data, you can't prove it because they're not doing that.
>>106465187>even though that it is the exact same codeexcept Librewolf still has the part about not selling your personal data in their source code. Firefox does not.
>>106465207You mean the part that was never in the code to begin with? It was their website that they changed, not the Firefox source code.
>>106465215you're retarded and wrong and my time is wasted by communicating with you
>>106465219Post the code or admit you're wrong. This should not be a difficult thing for you to do. Where is the spyware?
>>106465235>>106465219Ah, you seem to forgotten how to communicate because you're wasting your time going in circles trying to convince yourself of something that was never actually in the browser to begin with.I'll post it for you. This was what they actually changed:https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d459addab846d8144b61939b7f4310eb80c5470eNOTE: This is the source code for their website, nothing about the browser has changed in any way whatsoever as a direct result of this. You won't find this code anywhere in Librewolf as it's not a part of the browser, it's a part of Mozilla's website which contains their privacy policy and terms of use.
>>106465279Hacker News thread if anyone wants more context:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43201332They didn't want to drop that promise but retarded California law made them. The legal definition of "sells your data" is way to broad in some jurisdictions to the point that me typing this text in a textarea of a public web page that contains tracker scripts could be considered "Sells your data".Mozilla only changed the policy to cover their own ass.
Brave mogs
its so fucking slow on my shitty, cheap ass Samsung m13 so I just use brave.
Kiwi was the only good browser. >tabs as a list instead of a grid>new tab could be opened to an unlimited list of bookmarks instead of a maximum of 8 shortcuts like in other browsers>could add any extension>dedicated new tab button on the toolbar>address bar and toolbar both at the bottomAll other browsers have shit in dumb places where you have to make too many presses to get to. If the user has to hold/press a button twice just to open a new tab, then your browser is shit. Firefox is a bit wonky and Edge glows in the dark but they're probably the 2 best.
>>106463552this, and bypass paywalls clean (the paywall blocker so good it got banned from Mozilla's store).>>106464270You don't need nightly any more. Any extension can be installed via file if you enable the debug menu.
>>106462271>>106462080I prefer it on android but fuck I HATE the new page. I just want a list of my bookmarks, not this pocket/recently visited//ad shit
>>106468544>I just want a list of my bookmarks, not this pocket/recently visited//ad shitnearly every android browser forces this on you which is fucking braindead makes me think that the people developing this shit have never used their product for more than 2 minutes
>>106464471>Essential Buttons extensionbased, thank youliterally makes firefox usable
>>106468608It's because Mozilla went out of its way to disable and make it impossible to edit the new tab page to anything else, on purpose.
>>106468682They still let you turn all that stuff off if you want
>>106468721You can turn it off on android, but you can't change it to show your bookmarks on new tab, which it used to years ago
Firefox is troon-coded
>>106462080only merit of mobile version of is add-ons, which is a big enough reason.Otherwise, it is inferior to chrome in every conceivable way.Slower, worse video player (if site didnt feel like doing custom stuff), uses more battery.Like in anubis PoW checks, chrome finishes instantly when firefox can take up to 7 seconds (same phone)
>>106469858>uses more batterySource?
>>106462080Yes, and you can add uBlock to it, too.
>>106469858>Like in anubis PoW checks, chrome finishes instantly when firefox can take up to 7 seconds (same phone)Did you try this in a controlled environment and confirm that Firefox and Chrome were both served the same attestation (Anubis can be configured to serve different challenges to different clients)?I use Anubis on a small website I built and don't see any major speed differences between Firefox Nightly and Chromite, at least on my handset.
