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·
    9 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·
      7 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·
        7 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·
          7 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·
            60 minutes 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·
            6 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·
              6 hours ago

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