Mozilla will soon remove its telemetry service Adjust from the Android and iOS versions of browsers Firefox and Firefox Focus. It appeared that the

For Android users seeking a privacy-focused browser, Privacy Guides recommends Mull:

Mull is a privacy oriented and deblobbed Android browser based on Firefox. Compared to Firefox, it offers much greater fingerprinting protection out of the box, and disables JavaScript Just-in-Time (JIT) compilation for enhanced security. It also removes all proprietary elements from Firefox, such as replacing Google Play Services references.

Mull enables many features upstreamed by the Tor uplift project using preferences from Arkenfox. Proprietary blobs are removed from Mozilla’s code using the scripts developed for Fennec F-Droid.

  • Kbobabob@lemmy.worldEnglish
    791·
    5 months ago

    Why did you add an ad for Mull when your title and article is about Firefox?

    • doctortran@lemm.eeEnglish
      29·
      5 months ago

      Posting an article about something and then using it plug something else alongside it is the kind of deliberate spam mods should be removing, no matter what software they’re plugging.

  • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
    331·
    5 months ago

    Mull has a lot of weird issues, like being the only mobile browser I tested my website on that used the front camera rather than the back camera.

  • tritoniumEnglish
    450·
    5 months ago

    Until Firefox mobile has a functional home button in the toolbar then I don’t care what the fuck the do because I won’t be using it. Dumb as fuck not to have it.

      • tritoniumEnglish
        21·
        2 months ago

        I can’t set it to a custom page, like the dashboard page of my server which gives me access to all my services that I selfhost, and favorite links.

      • neclimdul@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        5 months ago

        That doesn’t exist in the mobile nightly.Picture of Firefox nightly toolbar on printables.com demonstrating missing home button

        But honestly that’s no problem and I hadn’t noticed because I just pin things to the new tab window.

      • tritoniumEnglish
        11·
        2 months ago

        And you can’t customize where that home button does, making it useless. You can not set it to a specific URL, I want to set it to the dashboard page that I selfhost that shows me the status of different things I want to see, gives me access to all my services, and has all my favorite links on it.

      • DemonVisual@lemm.eeEnglish
        14·
        5 months ago

        The same button is also there in stock Firefox. Im not sure what the OP was on about

        • tritoniumEnglish
          11·
          2 months ago

          That home button is not able to be set to a specific URL making it useless to me.

          • DemonVisual@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            Thats an interesting point, hadnt thought about that. Its probably the start page youd have to change… i know you can do it on desktop…

            • tritoniumEnglish
              11·
              2 months ago

              Yeah, on desktop you can, I’ve used Firefox on desktop since it was called Phoenix and never used anything else… 20+ years. Firefox mobile is not usable to my workflows without a functional home button.

      • tritoniumEnglish
        11·
        2 months ago

        And you can’t customize where that home button does, making it useless. You can not set it to a specific URL, I want to set it to the dashboard page that I selfhost that shows me status of different things I want to see, gives me access to all my services, and has all my favorite links on it.

    • towerful@programming.devEnglish
      141·
      5 months ago

      What is your home page that you need access to it so conveniently?
      Besides, new tab can be set to a webpage instead of a blank tab

      • tritoniumEnglish
        11·
        2 months ago

        The dashboard page that I selfhost that shows me status of different things I want to see, gives me access to all my services, and has all my favorite links on it.

  • Moe@forum.moe.onlEnglish
    558·
    5 months ago

    Mobile version of firefox is kinda sucks compared to other browser with chromium based like chrome, microsoft edge, and kiwi browser.

    Personally I’m using kiwi browser as my daily browser because it’s support extension feature 👍

    • overload@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      47·
      5 months ago

      I disagree, as a Firefox mobile daily driver I will confirm it has extensions. Dark mode reader and ublock origin, does one need anything else?

      • JustAnotherKay@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        5 months ago

        I swapped from uBlock to AdNauseum. It’s a fork of uBlock which also “clicks” some specific ads in order to cost companies money for running them lol

      • Moe@forum.moe.onlEnglish
        23·
        5 months ago

        Yeah I’m using kiwi browser as my daily driver browser because of extension feature, compared to other chromium based browser.

        For firefox, It also has extension feature but the reason why I don’t use it because of the auto reload bug and some sites are somehow broken when viewed with firefox mobile.

        *But for firefox desktop, I think it’s good for me

    • doctortran@lemm.eeEnglish
      171·
      5 months ago

      Are you a bot or just this uninformed?

      Firefox has extensions and isn’t chromium. Only a fool thinks a Chromium browser will stay friendly to extensions after Manifest 3.