news.ycombinator.com
and people still wonder why we don't trust mozilla
This is the end of Firefox Android as we know it
Brayden Edwards
Robert Parker
reminder that firefox wants to sell a firefox subscription with a built in adblocker
tee hee
Isaac Bell
You know what must be done...
Install Brave
Jose Thompson
this, but unshillingly
at least for mobile. firefox on desktop is still good for now.
David Wilson
If they drop addon support there'll be literally no reason to use firefox, chromium-based browsers already have better usability on android. Oh well, mozilla's been digging their own grave for a while now.
Juan Wright
The Mozilla y'all used to know is long dead. It's all SJWzilla now.
Landon Green
Daily reminder that Yandex Browser for Android supports Chrome extensions.
Christian Sullivan
bromite and iridium are the superior non-botnet chromium forks, brave is bloated proprietary garbage
Easton Bailey
Literally the only reason I use firefox on andoid is because of extensions. Will drop hard when this happens.
Landon Jones
He warned you, bros. He warned you about Mozilla.
Apologize.
Mason Howard
>For now
Sad but true
Evan Wood
One of the few niches keeping Firefox alive and they decide to shut it down just like that, good job trannies.
Michael Butler
Well, well, well, look who's come crawling back. It's fine, user, you can install my browser, everybody is doing it.
Bentley Campbell
>not using firefox focus to minimise phone usage
Brandon Wright
brave is absolute garbage
Eli Smith
stfu fsb
Christopher Lee
Why do you people keep replying with lies to Brave shills? It makes your case look worse. Brave is FOSS.
Joseph Cooper
bros where do we go now?
is there any other browser supporting extensions like ublock origin?
Aiden Parker
WHAT THE FUCK
the only reason I can use the web on mobile AT ALL is because I have nano adblock and defender set up. Fuck mozilla jesus fucking christ.
Jason Peterson
What? They kill the ONE feature I actually love?! The one that elevates Firefox on Android above all other browsers?
FUCK them. Holy fucking shit, what a terrible, terrible move.
Alexander Hernandez
we need to make our own browser, at this point is clear that google is sabotaging firefox from the inside.
Bentley Smith
"lets remove literally the only good thing about our product, to try to be more like our competition!"
pants on head retarded trannies
Nathaniel Powell
Kiwi, Yandex
Parker Ross
>remove reasons that make your browser unique and holds marketshare
>implement a worse version of what the competition is doing instead
This is genius.
Leo Collins
I also only use it because of uBlock but t b h it has less than 0.5% usage share among mobile browsers. It's not going anywhere either way. I think this is just them just giving up on mobile and trying to cut costs.
Robert Taylor
both proprietary botnets
Julian Brooks
Mozilla knows they need extensions for Fenix to be able to gain marketshare. The reason they don't want to discuss it is because they know Fenix is still shit, they need to get it to actually be usable before even considering adding extensions.
At the same time, this is a mayor problem because without extensions, they are missing on a ton of potential beta testers which would help accelerate development. So basically the browser can't gain traction until they add the very same features they are avoiding so they can improve the base browser in order to gain traction.
Also, they don't have enough resources because they're too busy wasting money to fund abortions and trannies.
Fucking Mozilla
Aaron Bailey
this honestly has got to be it
Like how Google sent Marissa Mayer to finally kill Yahoo from the inside
Or how that former Microsoft man joined Nokia, and then a couple of years later, after faltering performance, in a TOTAL COINCIDENCE, that same guy greenlit the sale of Nokia to Microsoft.
David Myers
so whats the best browser on android that supports ublock?
Nolan Smith
Once a time it was a good browser.
drewdevault.com
Jose Gomez
What in the fuck are you jabbering about?
Ayden Turner
Firefox 68 on android is a ESR release you dumbies, there will be 68.1, 68.2 etc until Fenix reaches parity.
docs.google.com
They will be releasing this "69" as a new separate browser
hacks.mozilla.org
Alexander Nelson
ok like always i just switch to a browser that uses addons, lets check fdroid... yep theres one, done.
Anthony Barnes
So can someone explain what the actual difference between 'le Fennec' and 'le Fenix' even is?
I tried 'Firefox Preview' (which I assume is Fenix) for about 5 minutes. It felt exactly like normal Firefox. Same lag, same scrolling, same weird font coming into focus when you scroll too fast. It feels like the exact same engine.
Isaac Bell
What? Trannyfox actively working against it's users? No that would never happen ever.
Anyone that still uses that shit browser is only getting what they deserve.
Dominic Flores
The current android firefox will be esr untill the new version reaches feature parity you fucking retards.
Chase Reyes
Kiwi doesn't have this problem
Luke Smith
How much people would we need to maintain a Firefox fork? Maybe GNU will keep addons on Icecat
Jaxson Sullivan
There aren't even enough competent people on this entire board to maintain our own browser.
Angel Baker
I'll switch to Brave
Jordan Morris
enjoy your shitcoin tracking
Jackson Hall
enjoy your no-addons
Jackson Long
...
Jordan Russell
I'll make the logo.
Josiah Lee
>for now
You mean until ten months ago
Logan Reyes
>Reddit
>Literal whos
>"lole Firefox is dead"
I hate this shithole.
David Gutierrez
That's not Reddit, user.
Jeremiah James
Use AdAway.
Colton Foster
and nothing of value was lost
mobile firefox is shit
Connor Cooper
fun fact: fennec is the sole FOSS web browser for android with extensions support
Gabriel Perry
Open source's biggest weakness is closed branding. It gives a few people effective ownership of a whole project with thousands of contributors. "just fork it bro" isn't a solution
Samuel Ward
>the amount of ESL in this post though
Lucas Barnes
these, /thread