I just think it's neat.
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I tried Firefox but it was hot garbage on Android.
Ended up going with Kiwi - same extension support but just better designed and much faster. Firefox kinda sucks on mobile beyond ublock origin support.
I've had no issue so far. It's just as fast as Chrome for me and the AdBlock just the cherry on top. I use it on both my phone and Android tablet
Edit: Kiwi is based on Chromium so its privacy is arguably very very debatable
Supports loots of addons
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/collections/17446767/Fenix-Addons/
I think later this month a version will be launched that will enable practically all the desktop extensions...
Pre-enable. I dont think they will change how the addons work. The Browser simply has a different preset addon collection of addons available.
See my collection, I tested all these and they work on mobile. Lots of features like Tabs, popups, advanced Downloads etc. dont work, but other things do.
I was using Mozilla in order to not use Internet Explorer and at some point I switched to their new browser when it was still called Firebird.
Nowadays I stick to it just so Google doesn't get a browser monopoly.
On mobile: because of addon support (aka because of ad-block) On desktop: Open Source, "It's not chrome", it feels snappier than alternatives, it has good Linux/Wayland support, customizability and the biggest reason - habit. I started using Firefox when there was no Chrome.
Because I need a browser.
I lived through the IE6 days. I don't want one browser or engine or company to dominate the web. We need multiple implementations of free and open standards.
I have been using Firefox ever since. Never really had a reason to switch to something else.
Because it's good
I don|t. I use Edge
Back in the days when Netscape Navigator went down, I switched to then-new Firefox.
I have had no reason to not use it. With mods Firefox even allows me to keep the UI looking exactly the same as it did with version 3.x, where everything is just where I want it to be.
Change just for the sake of change is pointless.
could you link those mods? i wanna see what firefox used to look like
Mobile adblock
I normally don't jump on bandwagons, but this is the way. After using ublock on firefox on my phone, it was an easy decision to switch from chrome to firefox (librewolf) on my computer too (so everything would sync lol)
It's a good compromise of everything I care about regarding a digital product.
Desktop:
- damn nice
- good Flatpak version playing everything
- all extensions work without weird restrictions
- only Forks that make sense, Librewolf and Tor Browser
- loads of search engines
- arkenfox user.js
- UserChrome.css, in theory, if it was easy to create one. Only SimpleMenuWizard currently to make it less rediculous to use
- also Thunderbird uses Firefox ESR, and its the only good Mail program I know
Mobile
- mull, prehardened
- support for a looot of addons using a custom Addon collection
- offline translations using FF Translations, literally the only app I know that does this and its so damn critical
- dark mode without tracking
- ublock, noscript
- lots of search engines possible
- privacy
I dont use Firefox as it comes on any device, as this is unusable. But with hardening its simply the most secure browser