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
    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·
          8 hours ago

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