How about a button that lets me choose a FireFox build using 100% OSS and which includes zero built-in user data capture technology?
Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS
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Re: Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS
#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
Content blockers are only supported in Safari, per Apple.
What? When is someone going to sue Apple? Why would anyone even create a browser on iOS with all the restrictions?
> When is someone going to sue Apple?
For what? Not writing an API so that their software that runs on 15% of phones works the way you want it to? Good luck.
> Why would anyone even create a browser on iOS with all the restrictions?
The same reason anyone creates a browser for any platform. Because people use it.
Re: Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS
#123How about a button that lets me choose a FireFox build using 100% OSS and which includes zero built-in user data capture technology?
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Re: Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS
#124How about a button that lets me choose a FireFox build using 100% OSS and which includes zero built-in user data capture technology?
Sounds like you might best be served by writing your own web browser, so you can be absolutely certain it won't track you.
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#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
Content blockers are only supported in Safari, per Apple.
What? When is someone going to sue Apple? Why would anyone even create a browser on iOS with all the restrictions?
IANAL, but I'm not sure anyone would have a legal leg to stand on.
Microsoft's legal troubles about bundling IE were possible because MS was ruled to have a monopoly position in desktop PCs.
Apple has around 14% of the smartphone market, by no means a monopoly. Their share gets even smaller when you look at the total cellphone market.
To the best of my knowledge, there isn't anything illegal about using product A to promote product B, or having a restricted platform.
You need some other trigger, such as having a dominant market position, or collusion between vendors, etc..
Re: Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS
#126Re: Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS
#127How about a button that lets me choose a FireFox build using 100% OSS and which includes zero built-in user data capture technology?
Sounds like you might best be served by writing your own web browser, so you can be absolutely certain it won't track you.
Yeah, totally good idea. No idea why I didn't just think of that rather than hold Mozilla accountable to living up to their stated mission.
Re: Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS
#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
Content blockers are only supported in Safari, per Apple.
What? When is someone going to sue Apple? Why would anyone even create a browser on iOS with all the restrictions?
There are no legal breaches here. Apple's platform, Apple's rules.
I have no idea. I don't create browsers for that and many other reasons. Any browser on iOS is still using Safari webkit underneath anyway so there isn't much point.
Re: Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS
#129"Currently, Focus by Firefox only works with Safari, not Firefox for iOS. This was not our choice—Apple has chosen to make content blocking unavailable to third party browsers on iOS. We are exploring how we can provide this feature on Firefox for iOS and will deliver it as soon as it’s possible." The main reason I went back to Safari after getting Firefox for iOS.
It's a mystery why Firefox released an iOS browser knowing all of the Apple restrictions:
- No extensions
- Safari engine (no open sourced FF engine)
- Can't be set as default browser
- Can't run iOS ad blocker
Only FF sync remains but iOS will bring you back to Safari whenever you click on a link.
Re: Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS
#130They can't build it into firefox on ios but how about building it into firefox on other platforms?