It gets my goat that people think it’s a good option. There are plenty of articles explaining some of the many issues with it, but a few are:

  1. It’s run by anti-LGBTQ+ crypto bros.
  2. It has ads right out of the box.
  3. It collected donations towards people who never signed up for them - then held them to ransom in exchange for the kind of information you should never share on the Internet.
  4. They’re a for-profit advertising company. “Privacy-centric” my elbow.
    • Tja@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      11 hours ago

      But it kills the battery on mobile, even scrolling it choppy.

      I switched to the Samsung browser a few years ago, I don’t know what black magic they do but it’s super smooth and light on the battery. It has some plugin support but I don’t use it so can’t comment much about it. It’s chromium based.

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        9 hours ago

        What phone were you using?

        I I’ve never had any issue with firefox, with regards to battery or scrolling, but i use 8 year old flagship (Got it used, I’m not Mr.Moneybags)… which is probably still better than a budget phone of today, though.

        • Tja@programming.devEnglish
          1·
          9 hours ago

          Relatively new Samsung S24 Ultra, similar as you: “old” flagship bought used. The scrolling on the Samsung browser is like an iPhone, with Firefox like a windows 95 :(

          Happened with a previous Samsung as well. On my old oneplus everything was kinda choppy.

          • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            9 hours ago

            Well, Samsung is enshitified with its newer phones, that I have no doubt that an S24 would run non-samsung shit poorly to force you to use samsung shit.

            • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              3 hours ago

              Samsung was enshittified with their older phones too.

              Pixels are shit too.

              I had a One Plus 9 Pro and it was honestly my first phone that I traded in and felt like I got a huge downgrade. It just worked.

            • Tja@programming.devEnglish
              1·
              8 hours ago

              I doubt it’s on purpose, many other non-Samsung apps run fine, even when a samsung alternative exists, it’s specifically the browser that is weird. Which is a pity, since I do use Firefox on my desktop and laptop, but the mobile experience is just frustrating.

              • VAK@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                7 hours ago

                I have an s24 and had the same experience. Fennec F-droid worked better for me.