Google to push new ads on its apps

Re:Google to push new ads on its apps by simongr3dal on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @10:03PM (#19915765)

What about having "real" Firefox is the important part?

Is it supporting Mozilla, or supporting browser engine diversity, or is because real Firefox has more checkmarks on caniuse.com?

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Re:Google to push new ads on its apps by bubblethink on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @10:22PM (#19915869)

Extensions like ublock origin.

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Re:Google to push new ads on its apps by panpanna on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @06:03AM (#19917872)

This is a huge thing for me.

The ability to have the same setup on desktop, tablet and phone is just unbeatable.

(Yes, I know you can do this with Safari on Apple-things and chrome on the rest too)

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Re:Google to push new ads on its apps by ravenstine on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @10:25PM (#19915883)

I could agree with all 3 of those points, but I'm mostly thinking of the latter. The iOS browser engine isn't bad, but it has security quirks with things like iframe navigation and it still somewhat lags behind with PWA features. As a web developer who likes to tinker, I just don't find it ideal to be saddled with the browser engine that comes with iOS.

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Re:Google to push new ads on its apps by m-p-3 on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @10:49PM (#19915991)

All iOS web browsers are forced to use the Safari web engine, unlike on Android where the Firefox Preview (Fenix) and Firefox Focus are using a mobile-optimized version of Gecko called GeckoView.

Also, iOS Firefox doesn't allow the installation of add-ons.

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