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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by TheArcane on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @08:34AM (#24566237)
Is there a unique value proposition to use Firefox on iOS, since due to Apple policy, they can't have addons?

Even Firefox Focus' content blocker works on Safari and not the main Firefox app

Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by gnicholas on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @03:49PM (#24571126)
Firefox Focus also wipes itself frequently, which means that you can't be tracked across sites as easily. I look forward to updating to iOS 14 so I can set FFF as my default browser.

My typical workflow is: (1) search for something in FFF, (2) if it's something I want to stay alive so I can read later, I share it to FF, (3) if it's something that I need to be logged in for, I share it to Safari, where I'm logged into various sites.

It is annoying that I have to manually open FFF each time, instead of being able to use Siri to trigger a search or the systemwide search. Hopefully both of these search options will use my default browser in iOS 14.

Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by Tom4hawk on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @10:28AM (#24567475)
The only reason to use it on iOS is to synchronize your profile with Firefox Sync.
Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by thebigspacefuck on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @10:24AM (#24567422)
It’s better than Safari and it’s not Chrome. Brave is similar and has ad blocking, but I didn’t like it as much.
Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by BrendanEich on Thursday September 24, 2020 @10:57AM (#24579212)
In late 2018 we rebased desktop Brave from Electron to a chromium front end fork, so if you tried Brave earlier than then, I hope you'll give it another try. Thanks.