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Re:Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Brow... by eudora on Sunday September 23, 2018 @01:07AM (#18049494)
I really want to use Firefox on Android, but I need a couple things:

Desperately need the scrolling in Firefox to feel like scrolling in the rest of the apps.

And I would very much like easy tab switching by swiping across the title bar thing, and the new tab/new incognito/back button behaviour.

Pls Moz pls

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Re:Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Brow... by bad_user on Sunday September 23, 2018 @05:24AM (#18050233)
Given that Chrome on Android doesn’t support extensions and thus no ad/privacy blockers, it might as well not exist and Firefox is for me the only game in town due to supporting uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger.

Scrolling is irrelevant for me.

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Re:Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Brow... by largespoon on Monday September 24, 2018 @12:51PM (#18059202)
By any chance have you noticed Google serving ads on Firefox? I use ublock origin on firefox and I have been getting ads occasionally on search.
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Re:Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Brow... by vanderZwan on Sunday September 23, 2018 @04:25PM (#18052976)
Surprisingly enough, I've been using Stylus on quite a few sites as well
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Re:Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Brow... by jsmith99 on Sunday September 23, 2018 @04:57AM (#18050144)
Chrome style scrolling is default now.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17032056

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Re:Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Brow... by eudora on Sunday September 23, 2018 @08:25PM (#18054164)
Holy shit finally.

Why didn't they do this straight away? It's extremely bothersome having one app scroll differently to the others

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Re:Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Brow... by etatoby on Sunday September 23, 2018 @07:32AM (#18050594)
Brave browser has been my default browser on Android.

It's as fast as Chrome (if not faster) as it uses the same rendering engine Blink; has all the features you mention; has builtin Ad and privacy controls; is developed by Brendan Eich's company (Mozilla's co-founder); but is fully open source and a fork away, if the company starts pulling odd moves.

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Re:Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Brow... by eudora on Sunday September 23, 2018 @08:26PM (#18054166)
Hey it does too.

Now I can't remember why I went back to Chrome

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Re:Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Brow... by edoceo on Sunday September 23, 2018 @01:40AM (#18049565)
And pull down on page to reload
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Re:Chrome is a Google Service that happens to include a Brow... by dredmorbius on Sunday September 23, 2018 @09:58AM (#18051099)
God no!
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