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Re:I Switched to Firefox and Never Looked Back by lucumo on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @02:01PM (#42702091)
Firefox's sync is broken in many ways. It doesn't sync search engines or extension settings either. It also frequently stops syncing from Android.

I rely on sync a lot, so that was a dealbreaker for me.

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Re:I Switched to Firefox and Never Looked Back by cbsks on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @02:54PM (#42702903)
Extension settings can be synced, but the extension must explicitly call the storage.sync api https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/Web...
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Re:I Switched to Firefox and Never Looked Back by efreak on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @04:14PM (#42785274)
Unless you're on Android. Android doesn't give extensions access to sync. When I update ublock manually (usually to make things go away on my phone, hence the need) I have to manually export it.
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