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Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker

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Re: Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker

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Post by tcfhgj »

whstl wrote: post #19
tcfhgj wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what's the current excuse for buying a device which doesn't allow you to control what software you use on it?

1. Not wanting to. 2. Caring about other aspects of the device. I don't personally agree with Apple's decisions, but you "vote with wallet" people need to have at least some modicum of empathy before you start demanding that people have a lot for you and join your cause.

you are reading a lot into almost nothing

> 1. Not wanting to.

obviously you DO want to if you want to use extensions but cannot use them because you actually cannot control the software on your device

Re: Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker

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Post by Grombobulous »

wbl wrote: post #10
TheDong wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple themselves do not allow using anything other than WebKit unless you move to the EU or Japan: https://developer.apple.com/support/alternative-browser-engi... Firefox addons target gecko, not webkit. What Orion's doing is horribly hacky and prone to cause issues with a multitude of addons, and of course Mozilla shouldn't bow to Apple's incredibly anti-competitive behavior. You pay apple for a phone that can act m…

Not all markets or manufacturers will have the same degree of vertical integration and that's ok.

It’s okay if you’re in a healthy market with many competitive choices.

It’s not okay if you’re a duopoly where over 95% of people buy your product as a prerequisite to functioning in modern society.

Re: Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker

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Post by grepex »

wbl wrote: post #10
TheDong wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple themselves do not allow using anything other than WebKit unless you move to the EU or Japan: https://developer.apple.com/support/alternative-browser-engi... Firefox addons target gecko, not webkit. What Orion's doing is horribly hacky and prone to cause issues with a multitude of addons, and of course Mozilla shouldn't bow to Apple's incredibly anti-competitive behavior. You pay apple for a phone that can act m…

Not all markets or manufacturers will have the same degree of vertical integration and that's ok.

Read: not all markets and manufacturers will have the same respect for their customers.

Re: Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker

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Post by yoavm »

TheDong wrote: post #7
temp0826 wrote: post #4

What's the current excuse for not supporting extensions on iOS? Orion on iOS does and it's the reason I dropped FF ages ago.

Apple themselves do not allow using anything other than WebKit unless you move to the EU or Japan: https://developer.apple.com/support/alternative-browser-engi... Firefox addons target gecko, not webkit. What Orion's doing is horribly hacky and prone to cause issues with a multitude of addons, and of course Mozilla shouldn't bow to Apple's incredibly anti-competitive behavior. You pay apple for a phone that can act m…

> Firefox addons target gecko, not webkit.

Are they? I've built a few Firefox extension and I cannot recall any part of the API that is Gecko-specific. While parts of the API aren't entirely browser-agnostic, they definitely seem to be engine-agnostic.

Re: Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker

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Post by whstl »

tcfhgj wrote: post #21
whstl wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1. Not wanting to. 2. Caring about other aspects of the device. I don't personally agree with Apple's decisions, but you "vote with wallet" people need to have at least some modicum of empathy before you start demanding that people have a lot for you and join your cause.

you are reading a lot into almost nothing > 1. Not wanting to. obviously you DO want to if you want to use extensions but cannot use them because you actually cannot control the software on your device

I am not talking about myself. That's where the empathy part comes.

Re: Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker

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Post by [deleted] »

TheDong wrote: post #7
temp0826 wrote: post #4

What's the current excuse for not supporting extensions on iOS? Orion on iOS does and it's the reason I dropped FF ages ago.

Apple themselves do not allow using anything other than WebKit unless you move to the EU or Japan: https://developer.apple.com/support/alternative-browser-engi... Firefox addons target gecko, not webkit. What Orion's doing is horribly hacky and prone to cause issues with a multitude of addons, and of course Mozilla shouldn't bow to Apple's incredibly anti-competitive behavior. You pay apple for a phone that can act m…

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Re: Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker

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Post by charcircuit »

rvz wrote: post #20
ImJamal wrote: post #2

> Firefox does not block: > Ads shown on search engine results pages, including Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo and other search providers > Sponsored content on the Firefox Home or New Tab page So block ads unless it impacts their revenue sources.

Mozilla knows not to bite Google’s hand, who is the one that actually feeds them hundreds of millions of dollars.

Mozilla is the one who is funneling billions of dollars worth of traffic to Google.
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