I think this is beside the point here, but as it says in the F-droid description, their build “has proprietary bits and telemetry removed”.
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brsrklf@jlai.lu 10 months ago
What do you find not tolerable in standard Firefox and what did this browser do that made it better?
I know firefox is rather memory heavy, but despite that it’s still my go-to browser, both for desktop and mobile.
halm@leminal.space 10 months ago
AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Upstream Firefox doesn’t comply with FDroid’s rules (thanks to the ‘proprietary bits and telemetry’ Handles mentioned), so is only available from the Play Store or as a loose APK that won’t auto-update.
noodlejetski@lemm.ee 10 months ago
it’s also available from Mozilla’s repos and can be updated using Obtainium download.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/fenix/releases/
doctortran@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Cool.
But I’m not adding another method of updating apps just for the browser. F-Droid is where my non-play store apps live and update from, and I’d like to keep it that way.
EddyBot@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
I use Obtainium (available in F-Droid) alongside F-Droid since both have auto-updates
this is still tolerable to the old days of updating manually
biggest upside is I can update Tubular/Newpipe faster via Obtainium while F-Droids build system takes days
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
This reads like “they only sell hamburgers at the grocery store, and they don’t sell veggie burgers at the hippie food store because they aren’t vegan”
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
obtanium?