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Re:Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS by what on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @09:07PM (#49530486)
Why would you use Firefox on iOS when it’s just a wrapper around WebKit? I don’t really get it?
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Re:Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS by z0mghii on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @12:38AM (#49531779)
Cross platform sync?
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Re:Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS by sfink on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @02:21PM (#49540276)
Sync, mainly.

You can send a tab to/from your Firefox desktop instance. Also synced passwords. Those aren't the only reasons -- Firefox on iOS has a lot of code in that wrapper -- but sync is the main one for me.

(There are also reasons why it's significantly worse than Safari, which has special privileges, so your question is valid.)

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