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It's never been a better time to switch to Firefox on Android
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this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
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Can I log in to my Google account in the browser and have it sync all of my stuff with my account though? Bookmarks, visited pages, etc etc.
That's the thing that makes it hard to switch to something else on PC too, I need my Google account integration, and other browsers just don't seem to support it :-(
I'd absolutely love up switch back to Firefox, it was my browser of choice before Chrome was released, but I do absolutely want to keep all my Google account integrations at this point.
You can log in to a Mozilla account in both the desktop and mobile browsers and sync everything that way. No Google needed!
That doesn't bring your info over from Chrome though
All browsers (on desktop) have a "import from other browser" step on initial setup. Just follow that, import your bookmarks, bob's your uncle.
In fact, a quick Internet query brings up the relevant support article: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/import-bookmarks-google-chrome
I didn't realise it could bring your history too. That's handy to know, thanks :)
Why would you want to do that? Firefox has their own privacy conserving sync
To bring your bookmarks and everything else OP mentioned over from Chrome
Oh that... no Fenix is still a trimmed down piece of ***
It cant even import bookmarks from Json or HTML, which is very annoying for Torbrowser-Android, as it doesnt have sync and onion=bookmarks
Don't all modern browsers import data from your primary browser when you switch?
There is such a thing as a Firefox account, and your Firefox on your phone will know what your Firefox on pc was doing, etc if you're logged in
I suppose you could do it manually if you want. https://takeout.google.com/
As a person who had a Google account for over 15 years... With all the stories of Google locking accounts, I'd recommend exploring a backup. It's been my thing all year.
There are stories of people who use their gmail for everything. Then they got their account locked and suddenly couldn't pay bills, see their baby pictures, reset passwords on other sites. And Google doesn't really have customer service so it was locked for weeks.
Import once in FF for Desktop, sync everything privacy friendly with an Firefox account. Never felt a difference.