Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DoH

Re:Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DoH by NdMAND on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @12:33PM (#45278064)

Single-handedly, Firefox (independently from how crappy it can be at times) is what is keeping me on Android. Its full extension support (i.e.: uBlock Origin support) is something that I can't really do without. I do wonder if the crowd here knows of other good alternatives though - specifically, Android and/or iOS browsers with "full" uBlock Origin support (no uBlock origin lite, no other blocker, ...). I would love to be made aware of a few alternatives. I am aware that there is a browser from Kagi that works on iOS (I think?) but it's still in beta and closed sourced so not ready for prime time on my device. I am also aware of some peers of Firefox like Waterfox.

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Re:Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DoH by okanat on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @02:21PM (#45279464)

Not uBlock Origin but Brave's own blocker is written in Rust and it is much more battery efficient than Firefox+uBO. It is equally powerful too (you can also add custom lists). Firefox is both slow and eats a lot of battery.

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Re:Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DoH by vanc_cefepime on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @02:15PM (#45279366)

Orion (by Kagi) with full ublock origin on iOS, atleast that was the case about 6 months ago that I am aware of on Apple’s ecosystem. I’ve long jumped to pihole/adguard home to block ads at the router level so I went back to stock safari after that and use Tailscale to retain the router blocking capabilities when I’m on cell service.

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Re:Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DoH by darkamaul on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @02:51PM (#45279846)

I'm also using Orion on iOS, so far without any major issues. And adblocking still works great here.

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Re:Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DoH by stagalooo on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @02:40PM (#45279710)

Yes, this is still true. I use orion but I do find it to be a bit buggy.

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Re:Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DoH by vanc_cefepime on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @03:32PM (#45280398)

Same. This was my reason for going back to safari (now w ublock lite) but with a dns adblocker like pihole/adguard home.

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Re:Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DoH by TingPing on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @07:04PM (#45282501)

This simply isn’t true, webkit cannot support ublock origin atm.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14IgSRVop4psUTgtLZlvY...

The request modification apis specifically.

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Re:Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DoH by TiredOfLife on Thursday September 18, 2025 @04:35AM (#45287109)

Kagi is directly working with Russia, so anything touched by them is out.

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Re:Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DoH by christophilus on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @12:56PM (#45278370)

Brave on iOS is fine. Works roughly like my old Android Firefox did.

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Re:Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DoH by antman on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @03:18PM (#45280209)

Kiwi browser allows the blocked chrome extensions such as ublock origin

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Re:Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DoH by twapi on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @03:43PM (#45280526)

Kiwi is no longer maintained

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Re:Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DoH by vdfs on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @03:01PM (#45279979)

Samsung Browser do support few ad blocking extensions like ADB+ and AdGuard

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Re:Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DoH by vezycash on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @02:13PM (#45279334)

Try lemur browser, it has extension support.

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Re:Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DoH by that_lurker on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @05:02PM (#45281368)

Why not do dns adblocking so the device or browser does not matter

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Re:Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DoH by bmicraft on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @05:29PM (#45281614)

Because it's much less effective.

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Re:Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DoH by icar on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @05:13PM (#45281463)

Try Vivaldi

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Re:Firefox 143 for Android to introduce DoH by edelhans on Thursday September 18, 2025 @07:28AM (#45288311)

Edge for Android also has (limited) extension support. It only supports a subset of extensions, but I am using uBlock Origin (full version, although _lite_ is also available), Sponsorblock and Dark Reader for example.

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