>I like iOS, but not Android. Let me explain why.
No Firefox on iOS, hence useless.
No Firefox on iOS, hence useless.
My impression is that the Firefox shell offered is still able to provide the various anti-tracking privacy features that many would point to Firefox for, and the variety of browser shells available should mean that you'd be able to find a UI to your liking if Safari's isn't.
At that point, the only thing I can see missing is a non-webkit engine. I get that that's an annoyance and definitely on the same anti-competitive level as 00s era IE, but by and large web developers account for it and it works acceptably. As much as I'd need it to for mobile browsing.
Would just be interested to know if there's something more I'm missing.
No plugins/add-ons effectively.
#2 is dark reader.
[0] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/darkreader/
You usually view webpages in a very minimal interface, small screen, often on the go or leisurly, and with limited interaction on a mobile phone. So, aside from something like an adblocker (for which there are solutions), what would one use?
The topic is about owning your own hardware/software combo - so having addons/customization is the definition of it.
Well, somewhat snarky. It's still a legimate question.
Why would one "need" plugins on a mobile browser? What kind of functionality that mobile Firefox doesn't provide?
>The topic is about owning your own hardware/software combo - so having addons/customization is the definition of it.
Well, the topic is about owing your computer. Which has some merit (even though owing is a kind of a weasel word: you do own it, even if the OS enforces this or that measure. You can sell it at any time, for example, break it and nobody will ask you to return it, etc.).
So, the real topic is "doing whatever you want with your OS, with the ability to disable all checks, protections, etc, install custom everything etc".
Which I can see the appeal in some cases.
For a mobile phone what exactly is the great appeal?
I need that plugin.
As a vague counter point, I use Firefox Focus[0][1] which touts the tracker blocking and ad blocking I'd rely on extensions for normally. It meets my needs as the only additional extensions I use on desktop are for tab and session cookie management, both of which are moot points in a browser without tabs and a "clear cookies after each session" policy.
[0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.fo... [1] https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/firefox-focus-privacy-browser/...
Of course, nowadays the assets of apps have to be part of the deployable, itself. So it's common to run localhost web server.