Niceee, Firefox Android needs more attention. It's such an underrated browser. It's non chromium, search bar on bottom by default, uBlock Origin, https-only mode, cookie banner reduction (soon), the best reader mode of all browsers, and addon support.
Firefox for Android previously only supported a limited number of select extensions. They're finally opening it up so you can use any extension.
Does it mean I can install any desktop extension which was not available on android?
Glad I made the switch back to FireFox a year or two ago. As a Dev, I was entrenched in Chrome and it wasn't an easy move but with the path Google are currently treading around ad serving, blocking the ad blocks etc. I feel I made the right choice.....
I use Firefox on Android and it's great. Ad blocking is the big one but it's just a good browser. I deleted the Twitter and Reddit apps recently and Firefox lets me bookmark the sites on the launcher so it's like a separate "app" but not taking up 100s MB of space and I can block ads on these sites. I'm hoping that I'll be to use the Twitter desktop extension that prunes even more junk out of the experience - recommendations, what's trending and other clickbait garbage
Do you have anything installed to make them stop bugging you about using their awful apps?
Woah that’s awesome. So ublock origin on android Firefox? Freaking nice!
you can use ublock origin on android firefox right now.. been using it for years.
This is great news, I've just switched to Firefox & Firefox Focus on Android as a longtime user of Mobile Chrome and Desktop Firefox. It always felt weak on mobile, but things have changed. Still hating the purple though, and the placement of the new tab button but that's a small price to pay.
If this comes through, I might no longer need Iceraven (andoid firefox with full addon support, like before they tore it out; I use it for Singlefile)
Okay, whoop.
Let me fucking download my files to where I want to on mobile, goddamnit.
Android has locked down free access to storage in recent versions. Blame Google.
It was already possible to use all extensions on Firefox for Android Nightly
But it was not an activity that an ordinary person was willing to spend time on doing.
Please please please don't' bring MV3 to Firefox for Android, Mozilla. 🤞
They are, since there are definitely benefits and makes migration easier, but they are also allowing the support needed for adblockers to be just as strong as they are now. So it keeps the benefits while also keeping adblockers strong like right now.
https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2021/05/27/manifest-v3-update/
The issue is that Chrome is trying to replace
webRequest.BlockingResponsewhich is essential for content blockers, which Mozilla is pointing out and keeping supported.
Will this also affect IceRaven browser, a fork of Firefox mobile? Also, will it allows us to load extensions locally, like the Bypass Paywall Clean extension?
Could be very very good shit. Shame I'm not using android anymore
