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For me personally, uBlock (and other extensions) is the only reason I am using Firefox on Android. If this feature is removed, I will either go back to Samsung Browser or check something else.

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Web-extentions are comming, i hope that it will be fully functionnal before it replaces the current firefox https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/pull/7280

"Hope" in this case shouldn't be enough unless they also decide to bake ublock origin right in.

I'm a bit torn on the latter idea, actually: as much as I would love it if Mozilla would give such a well-deserved middle finger to the advertising world for their bad behavior, I also think it would create a kind of relationship between gorhill and Mozilla that would result in an unhealthy power dynamic.

I have 2 reasons uBlock and the fact that I can use my own sync server.

How do you do that? I have been wanting to run my own sync for a long time but haven't been able to figure it out.

https://mozilla-services.readthedocs.io/en/latest/howtos/run...

was the guide I used

Okay. Thank you. Do you run your own accounts server or just use Mozilla's?

I use still Mozillas but have planned to replace it some day.

Samsung browser is a piece of garbage that is constantly phoning home, like all other pre-installed Samsung apps.

Look into Kiwi Browser. It's a chromium based android browser that supports extensions https://kiwibrowser.com/

I've been using it alongside FF for Extensions, but it's nicer (+faster) than FF and has features like pull down to refresh a page, native web-app support etc.

Yes, the same goes for me. Even though I really like these changes, this needs to be added. Will switch to Stable until then, I guess.

If you are checking something else, I recommend Brave. I've switched from Firefox to Brave and I am mostly satisfied.

What does it offer that Firefox does not ?

People here seem to "hope" that extension support will be implemented.

If my stable Firefox for Android gets updated into a browser without uBlock Origin I will immediately switch to some chromish alternative with adblocking. There's no reason for firefox for android once extension support is gone, featurewise.

I use Firefox for Android for one reason: the ability to not load images on cell data. I'm surprised other browsers don't have that, but it's huge for me since I pay by the megabyte (Google Fi). It saves me $10/month easily.

edit: oh, it looks like that's missing, too. Nooooo....

Plus ublock origin can save a lot of data.

I am on a slow university network and I keep JavaScript off by default using UBO. It takes 3 clicks to enable it for sites that really need it, but web is much faster with it.

Try the duckduckgo android browser, most ads fail in it without extensions required.

My favorite feature is the "fire" icon that closes all tabs, deletes all cookies and history and basically reinitializes the browser.

HN mods should investigate the systematic downvoting of pro-Brave comments. It happens on every discussion of browsers.

I "systematically" downvote comments that exist solely to advertise an alternative to the software being discussed. I would do the exact same thing to "hey, use firefox" comments on a Brave-related article.

They keep getting voted down because comments like "just use brave" don't actually add anything relevant to the discussion about the subject article.

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