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With some plugins to filter out the worst.
I'm not expecting it to catch everything and it's a challenge. But at least I can completely ignore Facebook.
More and more sites are today designed with JavaScript and that's just to punch holes in the privacy filtering - not to make pages/sites more useful.
As soon as they fix Firefox for Android on the Pixel phones I'll switch to it on desktop as well. Until then I'm stuck on Chrome.
What's wrong with Firefox on Android? I'm using it and not complaining, not on a pixel though.
No about:config and only a couple of extensions allowed. Other than that it's OK.
It has support for ad blocker (unlike chrome), so that's good enough for me.
If you're on Android, I highly recommend the Samsung browser. It's based on Chromium and has support for adblocking extensions (adguard is pretty good).The dark mode is also the best one I've ever seen on a mobile browser.
I'd need a very good reason to use a browser which is only available on devices from a single vendor anyways.
It's not tied to a single vendor's phone ecosystem. It's on Google Play. I'm on a OnePlus and can get it fine.
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Firefox here (Score:4, Interesting)
With some plugins to filter out the worst.
I'm not expecting it to catch everything and it's a challenge. But at least I can completely ignore Facebook.
More and more sites are today designed with JavaScript and that's just to punch holes in the privacy filtering - not to make pages/sites more useful.
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As soon as they fix Firefox for Android on the Pixel phones I'll switch to it on desktop as well. Until then I'm stuck on Chrome.
Re: Firefox here (Score:2)
What's wrong with Firefox on Android? I'm using it and not complaining, not on a pixel though.
Re: (Score:2)
No about:config and only a couple of extensions allowed. Other than that it's OK.
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It has support for ad blocker (unlike chrome), so that's good enough for me.
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If you're on Android, I highly recommend the Samsung browser. It's based on Chromium and has support for adblocking extensions (adguard is pretty good).
The dark mode is also the best one I've ever seen on a mobile browser.
Re: Firefox here (Score:2)
I'd need a very good reason to use a browser which is only available on devices from a single vendor anyways.
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It's not tied to a single vendor's phone ecosystem. It's on Google Play. I'm on a OnePlus and can get it fine.