Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP

Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by olyjohn on Friday September 18, 2026 @07:17PM (#49761545)

We did it before. Thanks to Firefox we broke the IE6 monopoly even on Windows.

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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by mitxela on Friday September 18, 2026 @08:54PM (#49762266)

How did that happen, anyway? Tabs? What's the next killer feature after tabs? Maybe sync?

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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by grahamburger on Friday September 18, 2026 @09:33PM (#49762459)

Haven't all the major browsers had sync for ages? I've been using Firefox's built-in sync for so long I don't even remember what it was like without it.

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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by epihelix on Saturday September 19, 2026 @12:24AM (#49763298)

Adblock, I would have thought. And Google can't compete in this space, by their very nature.

This is the message that Firefox needs to push: Hate ads? Use Firefox.

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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by EbNar on Saturday September 19, 2026 @01:07AM (#49763486)

Considering that Firefox by itself doesn't block anything without extensions, that seemingly less than 10% of users use extensions and that tgere5are already quite a few snappier browsers that block ads by default...

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Re:Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without... by mitxela on Saturday September 19, 2026 @08:56AM (#49766207)

Ooh, I think you're right. Even better if it can bypass more annoyances, cookie popups, captchas and (if legal) paywalls. Maybe it should have Libredirect built in. It could be a user agent, instead of a site owner agent.

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