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Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private browser for iOS

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Re: Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private browser for iOS

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Post by Caerus »

darrenkopp wrote: post #73

Did this replace another browser they had? I woke up this morning and it was already installed on my iPhone, so I must have had something else already installed if this was just launched today.

It looks like the Focus adblocker they launched last year [1] has been updated to a full browser.

1) https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/12/08/announcin...

Re: Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private browser for iOS

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Post by LamaOfRuin »

icebraining wrote: post #71
imagist wrote: post #31

Is there any word on this being released for Android at some point?

Why not use Private Browsing in Firefox for Android?

That was my first thought (and what I think the path would be for getting this browser experience on Android). It's basically Firefox for Android, private browsing mode with tracking protection enabled, but it doesn't seem to be possible to set private browsing as the default. Thus any link from other applications will automatically open in a tracking friendly context first.

Re: Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private browser for iOS

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Post by emehrkay »

scott_karana wrote: post #72
emehrkay wrote: post #69

Oh so they just used an update to Focus app to put a whole new web browser on my phone, like a Trojan Horse. Interesting approach

If it helps, it's just a Safari wrapper, so it shouldn't take much more space.

I'm not complaining, I like the Focus app and will probably frequently use the browser mode. It is interesting to me that Apple with their, sometimes too, tight control over apps in the app store would be okay with an app changing its purpose like this.
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