The final push to start using Firefox over Chrome on Android might finally be thanks to the enormous selection of add-ons (Firefox's version of extensions) coming out next month. Chrome doesn't offer native support for extensions in its mobile app. Also, better security.

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[–] 82 points 2 years ago

I can't. I'm already using Firefox.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago* (7 children)

    Funny to see this. I just switched last week (to get ublock) and it's o so much better. Only thing i miss is the translate function that chrome has

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Thankfully, translate arrives soon as a plugin, and later as a native feature.

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    [–] 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Also you can switch the address bar to the bottom where it's closer to your thumb

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I don't think I could ever get used to that.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    For me it often covers important elements of the site that way. Especially these annoying "use our app" overlays, and then the "continue using website" button is hidden behind the address bar with jo way to scroll it into view. So no way to use the website :(

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    [–] 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Been using focus as my default for years, and Firefox for main stuff for years. Works fine for me and ublock is a must for me so..

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  • Ublock is absolutely a must.

    Page on Firefox with unlock: 6 sentence news article.

    Same page on chrome: video in the corner, popup blocking 30% of the screen, flashing ads every second sentence, halfway through there's another popup asking you to log in.

    Like wtf, people live like this?

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    With the things that are going on with Google right now, it's the right move to just switch to Firefox

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ublock, AdNauseum, Privacy Badger, oh my! All on Mobile phones!

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    [–] 11 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    IF FF ever implement support for tabs on tablets I might consider using it.

    I only use phone and tablet and to use a glorified phone app on a tablet is not a great experience. Almost every other browser in existence supports tags for larger screens.

    Until FF fixes this it doesn't matter how many extensions they allow in the browser I'm out.

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    [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    I just officially downloaded it and will likely soon jump ship from DuckDuckGo.

    Really the biggest thing for me will be not blinding my eyes due to a lack of dark mode outside of search results. (Thanks to using the dark reader add-on in Firefox)

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You're jumping from duckduckgo? Where to & why? I ask as a fellow DDG user.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Personally I quit using ddg. Duckduckgo uses Microsoft's Bing API I jumped atleast two years ago from ddg. They seem to be buddy buddy with Microsoft, they have a history for it. Oh and remember when ddg use to talk about filter bubbles, well now they support filter bubbles.

    I think this is because they have so much more users now then they did back then so now they are forgeting small parts of their original purpose. While keeping the one big one, privacy. We'l see how long ddg protects that without getting caught doing more shady stuff with Microsoft. Yes I said more, they were caught before allowing ads on Microsoft website in the ddg android browser once before.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    I've been using Firefox for a long while now. It's great these days

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Yep, same-zees. Big-time chrome user, switched on desktop and mobile to Firefox. As Google is being foolish twist these days.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Can I log in to my Google account in the browser and have it sync all of my stuff with my account though? Bookmarks, visited pages, etc etc.

    That's the thing that makes it hard to switch to something else on PC too, I need my Google account integration, and other browsers just don't seem to support it :-(

    I'd absolutely love up switch back to Firefox, it was my browser of choice before Chrome was released, but I do absolutely want to keep all my Google account integrations at this point.

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  • As a person who had a Google account for over 15 years... With all the stories of Google locking accounts, I'd recommend exploring a backup. It's been my thing all year.

    There are stories of people who use their gmail for everything. Then they got their account locked and suddenly couldn't pay bills, see their baby pictures, reset passwords on other sites. And Google doesn't really have customer service so it was locked for weeks.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Been using FF on almy devices for over a year now. Best.Browser.Ever.

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    [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I use Firefox on Android exclusively. Having ublock for youtube on my phone is great... But since updating to Android 13 watching full-screen video in FF has been an issue. Usually it requires that I restart the app to work.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Does anyone else have the problem that scrolling on a page becomes kinda laggy when there are more than usual elements on a webpage? For example, some website for streaming series. As soon as I scroll down where a lot of small buttons with episode numbers on them are rendered, Firefox on Android becomes noticeably laggy for me.

    Other than that I really like it but that little problem annoys the hell out of me.

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    [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    When will management of site permissions like js and cookies and management of site data separatly will arrive?

    Will switch that day!

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    I have issues with it. Some pages and apps don't work well on Firefox. Rendering is off : alignments, some apps don't even work. I will be switching away.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I just swapped off of it, Firefox has been buggy for me, no matter which fork I use, it's been slow too. I recently just migrated to fulgris

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