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”
Comment on The Fennec Android browser is currently behind on Firefox security updates, deemed unsafe by F-droid
AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoUpstream 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.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
obtanium?
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/
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.
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