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1. jorvi+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-05-26 00:09:20
> Firefox must be an opinionated user agent that keeps folks safe, informed and effective while browsing the Web. In order to have an opinion, Firefox must have a voice.

It’s ironic (and extremely sad) how they say that but staunchly refuse to add ad-blocking to iOS Firefox. And the code is already right there, in Firefox Focus.

I’ve pushed everyone in my circle to Brave and told them to disable / ignore the crypto bits.

Safety first, and unfortunately Mozilla does not care about iOS users their safety.

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2. dylan6+n4[view] [source] 2023-05-26 00:44:45
>>jorvi+(OP)
Firefox can't even be Firefox on iOS and is only a reskinned Safari. So, I'm more concerned that Firefox for iOS even exists since it's kind of a bait&switch to what a Firefox user would expect the browser to be. How would we all fell if we downloaded a browser like Firefox or Chrome on the desktop but to find out it was really a totally different browser?

So playing by the reskinned rules, blockers are not allowed in the way someone using Firefox would expect. Not just blockers, but any extension. It's such a totally not-Firefox experience, that it is even hard to type that it is Firefox.

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3. jorvi+r53[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-05-26 21:58:28
>>dylan6+n4
That’s all very well and good but users want sync between their desktop and mobile browser. Firefox on iOS (which can have a built-in blocker just fine, reskinned Safari or not, see: Firefox Focus) does not have a blocker and thus is wildly unsafe. I will actively steer people away from unsafe browsers.
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4. dylan6+7i4[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-05-27 13:23:11
>>jorvi+r53
That’s all peachy but what’s that got to do with anything I had said?
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