- Autoplay in the background without YouTube Premium - Extensions - specifically uBlock Origin, making it an option (the only?) for ad blocking on mobile. - Sync your FF data between desktops and mobile - great if I need to access something on the go without a password manager.
I hate its sluggishness as well but the pros are pretty hefty IMO.
For those using F-Droid, there's also Bromite, an ungoogled Chromium with ad blocking built in. Haven't used it too much.
Google was being obviously anti-competitive and the US authorities were giving zero fucks as usual.
I use Yandex browser [Chromium-based] on Android. Like all mobile browsers, it's a piece of crap. But it's the least piece of crap one I've found so far. The only mobile browser that offers text-reflow[0] AND the ability to install any extension [1][2]
[0] Kiwi browser also has text-reflow. But the implementation is terrible. Yandex's works really well.
[1]Kiwi Browser also offers full extension support
[2] Yandex makes you jump through hoops to install some extensions by refusing to install them as 'incompatible'. However by enabling Developer Mode and using 'Load Unpacked' you can usually get around this. I run Yandex browser on Android with uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, ViolentMonkey, Windscribe VPN and I Don't Care ABout Cookies.
BTW --to pre-empt the tediously predictable:
* I use <Russian product>
* Ha! All your data belong to Vladimir Putin!
or
* I use <Chinese product>
* Ha! All your data belong to CCP!
responses
If I didn't use Yandex browser on Android, Kiwi browser would be my second choice. On paper, it offers the same must-have features as Yandex; text-reflow and full extension support. But, in practice, I find it pretty clunky and glitchy.
And, the reason I brought up the subject of Firefox mobile, in the discussion of Firefox's demise is that:
1. For quite a while now, more people have been browsing the web on mobile than on desktop. So having a decent mobile version of your browser is paramount
2: Many people [myself included] enjoy the convenience of being able to 'pick up where we left off' when switching between using browsers on our laptops / desktops /mobile devices. So finding one browser that we can use [and sync] across all devices is preferred.
I still have Firefox on my laptops & desktops. But, these days, I rarely ever fire it up, as I know anything I do on there will be lost to me when I switch to one of my mobile devices.
They also, for some unaccountable reason --and, again, in the face of countless complaints dating back years--- removed the 'text reflow' function, which basically made half the web unreadable on mobile [for me, anyway].
And, as mentioned above, their stupid 'curated extensions' policy was the icing on the cake.
Firefox come across like Apple these days "We know what you want, better than you do"