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Firefox on Mobile supports uBlock origin, and is very nice as well.

edit: on Android

Yes, Firefox on Android is really fantastic now.

I've been impressed to find literally zero compatibility issues in the last year with it being my primary browser on mobile. Works perfectly with my bank, works with heavy WebRTC apps, etc. It's quite a feat, especially given its market share is so low, and so there are relatively so few users to report feedback.

I've found that <input> with <datalist> doesn't work on Firefox Android — and the issue has been reported for years.

Does Firefox on Android still reload idle tabs when returning to them?

If I open a page, navigate away from it for a few days, and come back, I do not want the page to reload automatically, ever. Firefox was doing that, Vivaldi does not. I moved to Vivaldi.

I found having the address bar at the bottom of the screen odd, but within a few minutes I realised it was the right way and now having it anywhere else feels wrong on mobile.

Unfortunately Firefox on Android is noticeably slower than Chrome / Kiwi browser. But on desktop it is great!

It's a mixed bag. Ad blocking speeds up some websites substantially. IMO that makes Firefox mobile faster overall.

Vivaldi puts Firefox Mobile to shame when it comes to speed.

Unfortunately, Vivaldi is not FOSS which makes it a non-starter for many.

Brave is FOSS and fills the gap (if you can find all the crypto ads toggles hidden as hamburgers).

I find Brave slower than Chrome on my phone even on sites filled with ads.

Enable JavaScript JIT (disabled by default on Brave for something like a year) to trade some safety for performance.

Kiwi browser also has ublock (and supports adding any desktop add-on) and still does not crash or slow down like firefox does. I'd really like to use firefox in mobile too but with Kiwi being an option, there's almost 0 reason to use firefox.

I frequently have to close all my tabs because the browser has become unresponsive.

This doesn't happen to me. I currently have 60 tabs open, and that's only because I have 'auto close after 1 month' turned on.

thanks for the tip

Yep. Firefox on Android is really awesome. If I only could replace the android WebView with it...

If all you need is for apps to open browser window on firefox instead of chrome, you can just disable chrome. That's what I have done and it works fine for me.

Wonder what’s preventing this on iOS. iirc Orion manages to do it.

Update: Just tried it in Orion. I could install the extension but it seems to be broken. This is what I remember reading though:

## Wait, are you saying I can run uBlock Origin and other Chrome/Firefox extensions in Orion?!

Yes, Orion makes it possible!

## Wait, are you sure? No browser on iOS can use Chrome/Firefox extensions!

Orion makes it possible!

https://web.archive.org/web/20220329163943im_/https://browse...

Apple has a very strict browser policy on iOS: you must use either Safari or an Apple approved skin over the same underlying rendering engine.

Apple policy is preventing Mozilla/Gecko from being built/distributed for the app store.

It's so notorious that there has been legislation considered to address that practice: https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/26/apple_ios_browser/

Do note this is Firefox on Android.

What is?

Support for ublock is only available on Android's Firefox

i'm using ublock origin in chromium for desktop linux and firefox for desktop linux

They're talking about mobile. Since Apple doesn't let browsers use their own engine, uBlock Origin doesn't work on Firefox for iOS, only on Firefox for Android. On the desktop, it works everywhere.

Not just on Android, I'm using it with uBlock Origin on a GNU/Linux phone as well. Only iOS is an exception.

Assuming it's not available on iPhone is what you're getting at. In that instance Apple is the one to blame.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-ons-firefox-ios

I love that browser menus and address bar are at the bottom instead at of top.

But only a handful of other extensions, a deliberate restriction that strikes me as almost malicious.

God I wish they would let me pull-down to refresh a page though...

Meanwhile Apple fanatics .....Muhahahah

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