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Self-hosting Firefox Sync does not work with Apple iOS-based Firefox.

Simply because the URL of Firefox Sync hosting is hardcoded into the Firefox iOS app.

Hence thwarted my zeal to self-host Firefox Sync.

Heck, there is NOTHING configurable about Firefox iOS, not even an URL config:about.

I read somewhere that Apple allowed other browsers on the AppStore, no more every browser is Safari with a different skin. Anyone else here who has better information?

Have you tried tapping the version number (under the in-app Settings) five times? That reveals an advanced sync settings near the top iirc.

Not there.

But that press five times on the version menu item does not reveal anything useful from a self-hosting POV.

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