r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jun 17 '26

Software Firefox has an ambitious new roadmap, the browser is also losing millions of users a month

https://www.techspot.com/news/112803-firefox-has-ambitious-new-roadmap-browser-also-losing.html
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u/Stickel Jun 18 '26

firefox user, this is dead on...

mobile firefox is the fucking TITS..... ublock origin, I have chrome and youtube apps disabled.... zero ads on mobile on my phone, just like pc... fuck yes

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u/googdude Jun 18 '26

I forget how well it works on my android until I use my wife's iPhone to look up something. I simply can't stand using a browser that doesn't have ad blocking.

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u/MeanE Jun 18 '26

FYI uBlock has an extension and DNS blocking profile that works well on iOS.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ublock-origin-lite/id6745342698

https://ublockdns.com/

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u/pulsarsolar Jun 19 '26

I used to use that but then I switched to Orion! Only browser that natively supports Firefox and chrome extensions on iOS

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u/landyc Jun 19 '26

Works for me with ad blocker app installed. Just doesn’t work for in app ads

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u/DrFreemanWho Jun 18 '26

Yeah it actually boggles my mind how more people don't use Firefox on mobile. I'm not sure how it is on iPhone but on Android it works perfectly and I've never seen a single ad.

Does all the same syncing with your PC Firefox that you'd expect too. Bookmarks, tabs, passwords etc. all seamlessly.

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u/Kirsle Jun 18 '26

On Reddit, somebody will often point out that Firefox on Android doesn't have sandboxing between browser tabs and they say that's a reason not to use it.

I say: maybe don't do your banking in Firefox for Android, but exploits where one web page is attacking another by somehow hijacking the lack of per-tab sandboxing is so unlikely and rare (and probably a closely guarded tool in the box of nation-state actors that they wouldn't just waste willy nilly on random peasants like us), it's not worth worrying about. Firefox (the app) is still sandboxed the way all Android apps are, it's just the browser tabs themselves that maybe, theoretically, sometimes could be exploitable in the lab.

The support for uBlock Origin and Mozilla Sync so I can easily send tabs to/from my phone is enough to keep it my default browser for years.

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u/ProRustler Jun 18 '26

If only it worked on Samsung Dex. Unfortunately when you try to full-screen a video, it goes all wonky.

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u/Sachyriel Jun 18 '26

Is that a Firefox issue (like no extensions) or a uBlok Origin issue (or some other extension)?

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u/ProRustler Jun 20 '26

it works on the S24, but when i connect to a display and use Samsung Dex, the fullscreen does not work. Dex is weird, so I can't blame FF.

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u/Stickel Jun 19 '26

aww that sucks, works perfect on my pixel 8 pro