Took them long enough, glad they're becoming a bit braver (almost like Brave :p).
Any plans for desktop though...? After all, desktop seems to be the main platform for Mozilla.
Any plans for desktop though...? After all, desktop seems to be the main platform for Mozilla.
Mozilla can't do the same with Firefox, because they don't have anything to hide under. They rely on webpage owners making money off of Firefox, otherwise they're not going to build/test against Firefox.
Mozilla can be Brave with Firefox for iOS, and with Firefox Focus as well, because there they don't use Gecko as layout engine, they hide underneath someone else's layout engine. (Apple forces other browsers to use WebKit on iOS; Firefox Focus for Android uses Android Webview because it keeps the binary small, which is important as it's sort of meant to be a secondary browser.)
So, they're most definitely not doing the same for desktop and Android Firefox. It would kill Firefox/Gecko in no time, if they did that. It wouldn't be brave, it'd be suicide.
Per the roadmap at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Roadmap, we're explicitly working toward making Firefox more opinionated in 2018. Specifically, "Firefox will take a stand against tracking," will "filter certain types of ads by default," and will "block ad re-targeting."
May have to check out how FF compares
It gives web developers time to notice issues with their websites/webapps and fix/report them.