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The end of uBlock Origin in Chrome is now weeks away, not months (www.techspot.com)
submitted 1 day ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How many of those 3 billion Chrome users were on desktop though? Mobile is the default for most of the world.

[–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mobile Firefox has uBlock too, at least on Android.

[–] vandsjov@feddit.dk 0 points 1 day ago (3 children)

FF on iOS has not been given a lot of attention for a long time. Apparently this has changed, however I’m yet to see that and the issues I have with FF on iOS keeps me away. Some people try to defend Mozilla and blame Apple - and of cause there is some blame there - but other iOS browsers, including Safari, does a much better job. I’m on Vivaldi for that reason, with the latest version 8 have fixed the few annoying issues I had with it.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't that just because iOS rules mean Firefox is just reskinned Safari? Or do Apple allow other browser engines now?

[–] vandsjov@feddit.dk 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That’s what people keep saying (and yes, only in the EU are alternative browser engines allowed), however other browsers on iOS can create a decent browser experience. A few things that aren’t supported on FF iOS, that IMO should have been available a long time ago and stops me from using FF anywhere as I want syn mobile with my desktop browser:

  • Rearrange icons (web site shortcuts) on the FF Start Page. Also, not synced
  • Very limited custom search engine settings (no search suggestions supported, very few search engines to choose from)
  • No auto close old inactive tabs
[–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago

For some reason, mobile FF is so bad on iOS, I keep it only to send links to my desktop or laptop.

[–] kobra@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have uBlockOriginLite working with Safari on iOS just fine. I don't use Firefox much on mobile because Safari works fine for me in that context but I assume it would work in Firefox too.

[–] vandsjov@feddit.dk 1 points 6 hours ago

I use Vivaldi because I’m also synchronising with Linux. Had it just been a Mac, I would been perfectly fine with Safari. I think Safari is the best browser on iOS, using Wipr with it. Safari is just so polished and it has just the features I and less cluttered than all the other browsers and everything is silky smooth and load times are super fast.