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Re:If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web bro... by teekert on Saturday April 03, 2021 @11:56AM (#26682030)
I recently switched from Android to iOS and this was super confusing. No plugins, except for on the OS level (like AdGuard) and then those don’t even work in that weird neutered Firefox, only in Safari :s

Oh and Bitwarden does not work in FF. It it does work in Safari! So now I, a Firefox by default person switched to Safari (on iOS at least). I wish full Firefox was present.

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Re:If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web bro... by ornornor on Saturday April 03, 2021 @03:58PM (#26684214)
Try nextdns.io. It blocks ads systemwide (except the YT app, and a few websites that use JS tricks to inject ads)

Bitwarden works very well for me in iOS FF and any other app.

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Re:If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web bro... by teekert on Sunday April 04, 2021 @03:07PM (#26691967)
Oh I see, indeed it works on iOS Firefox, thanx that makes a big difference, back to (neutered) FF it is.
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Re:If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web bro... by teekert on Monday April 05, 2021 @01:57PM (#26702256)
Ah, but ad blocking does not work on FireFox, only Safari :s
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Re:If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web bro... by ornornor on Monday April 05, 2021 @03:30PM (#26703504)
Nextdns blocks the dns request so it works with Firefox too. I haven’t seen an ad on ff iOS in ages.
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Re:If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web bro... by teekert on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @03:55AM (#26709242)
Ah, ok, that is also a solution indeed. Still, a bit annoying that one is forced to use the Safari basis, but not any plugins that apply to it...
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Re:If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web bro... by tomjen3 on Sunday April 04, 2021 @11:25AM (#26690160)
Bitwarden works in Firefox. I used it to login to HN a few hours ago.
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Re:If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web bro... by detaro on Sunday April 04, 2021 @11:27AM (#26690177)
on iOS?
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Re:If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web bro... by tomjen3 on Sunday April 04, 2021 @12:17PM (#26690694)
ah, no. Firefox doesn't run on IOs.
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Re:If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web bro... by detaro on Sunday April 04, 2021 @12:34PM (#26690841)
Well there is a browser called Firefox for iOS, but it's not the same as on the other platforms due to iOS limitations, that's the point of their comment.
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Re:If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web bro... by teekert on Sunday April 04, 2021 @03:09PM (#26691989)
Yeah and Bitwarden does seem to work, just tap “passwords” it brings up Bitwarden, not ff’s password store. Btw does anyone know why bitwarden then asks for a pin and does not use face unlock?
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Re:If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web bro... by skrowl on Saturday April 03, 2021 @02:35PM (#26683484)
A lot of people notice that when downgrading from Android to iOS.

Be prepared to no longer be able to easily install new launchers / home apps / emulators / adult apps / etc either.

Hopefully we have you back on the open source side soon!

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Re:If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web bro... by teekert on Saturday April 03, 2021 @03:47PM (#26684107)
Hehe well, there were some pleasant surprises: Nextcloud works well (auto picture upload), imap mail, webdav, caldav all work with no extra apps needed (with Nextcloud as backend). WireGuard vpn works well, Home Assitant works. No extra app needed for podcasts. Element works, facetime is the best video call experience so far. I do really miss fdroid indeed and apps like GadgetBridge and OSMand (full version). Yeah it’s a walled garden but it has enough gates for me so far.

I do like the privacy notices a lot more though, often they’ll state that nothing is shared and everything stays on the phone. Android with Google play is not as open and under my control as I wished, it’s one of the reasons why the step to iOS is minor imho (freedom-wise).

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