What's Mull browser about?

Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place⁩ to ⁨nostupidquestions@lemmy.world⁩

Saw that there’s a Firefox browser named Mull for Android in this thread. I went to check it out in the Play Store, but saw it’s not there. Apparently, it’s one of those that have to be side loaded. I use stock Android and Firefox, btw.

What’s Mull about?
Why would someone use it over Firefox?
What are it’s benefits and disadvantages?

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cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Mull is a browser for android. You can download it from f-droid.org/packages/us.spotco.fennec_dos/.

Its hardened Firefox with some good privacy features turned on. I use it on a daily basis.

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- ace_garp@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  FFUpdater from F-Droid, is a clean way to automatically check for and download updates for Mull and other modified browsers.
  
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  - pop@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Mull already is part of a separate F-droid repo by divestOS developers. No need for yet another installer.
    
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chottomatte@lemdro.id ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It’s a Firefox fork with focus on security

The equivalent of Librewolf on Android

clearly… people use it for security reasons

Its focus on privacy comes at the expense of speed, which is its main disadvantage in my experience
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- cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yeah the refresh rate is limited to 60fps on the app.
  
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Asudox@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Mull is a hardened fork of Firefox. I use it but some rare websites’ functionality does not work with it. Chromium is undoubtedly more secure but not privacy-friendly. I also don’t want to support the chromium monopoly, so I don’t use them. Brave as a browser also sucks. Shields suck. Nothing to this day has been better than uBlock Origin yet.

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- Bienenvolk@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Why do you claim Chromium is more secure than Firefox based browsers? Where there any security issues Firefox had but Chromium didn’t? Bugs in sandboxing?
  
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  - Asudox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Firefox’s sandboxing sucks ass (especially on Linux). Mozilla has still not implemented a better sandbox, despite the open discussion since years. GrapheneOS (a security and privacy focused aosp rom) uses Chromium for it’s browser Vanadium because it ultimately is undoubtedly more secure.
    
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fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Loads of good answers to your question that I don’t need to add to.

I just thought I’d give fdroid a shout out.

It’s an alternative app store focused on FOSS. That’s where you’ll find mull, and a bunch of other great apps.

You do need to give it permission to install apps but I’ve never thought of it as side loading.

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hendrik@palaver.p3x.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
it's a fork focused on privacy and security

You'd use it if that's important to you.
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