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brsrklf@jlai.lu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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AnyOldName3@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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- noodlejetski@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  it’s also available from Mozilla’s repos and can be updated using Obtainium download.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/fenix/releases/
  
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  - doctortran@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.
    
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    EddyBot@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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
    
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- deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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”
  
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- pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  obtanium?
  
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halm@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
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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