Found this notification this morning on my pixel 6.
Even if this isn't entirely true, you know Google wouldn't pass up the opportunity to reduce Firefox market share to scare everyone back to Chrome.
Like chrome does something different?
Yes, chrome is doing something different. It is even worse!
No but where are you going to go. The options are shrinking.
Fennec on mobile. LibreWolf on desktop.
Waterfox works great on Android.
Iron fox is another option.
That's not the point they're trying to make I think. It's more of an attack on perfection. Like "the alternative is not perfect either so why not just stay with Chrome". It's not a very strong argument in general but it might be enough to keep people from switching.
God damn why's the world so shit
i know, thats some really late stage capitalism bullshit.
God damn why’s the world so shit
Society empowers and encourages shitty people that only care about their own kind/tribe, is why.
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It really is. Literally everything is shit and I'm so fucking over it.
Get ironfox?
fennec vs ironfox opinions?
I've not heard of ironfox before this thread! Could you possibly link it? Doesn't seem like it's on FDroid or IzzyOnDroid
You have to add IronFox's repo in F-Droid before you can install it from there. This is their Github link.
Thanks
In addition to what others have said, it can be downloaded from the Accrescent app store:
FWIW I'm not seeing this on the Play Store for Firefox (yet?) on my Pixel 8a, and I'm not seeing any warnings on Beta or Nightly either:
Pretty easy to disable the location app permission or set it to ask every time. Firefox hasn't asked me to enable it since turning it off.
I had already downloaded and installed Ironfox (FF Android fork) on my phone and have been using it for a week or so. It works identically to FF for android. Ublock Origin is working in Ironfox too.
Do they mean “Firefox can get your location data to pass on to pages you give permission to, who we cannot guarantee won’t share it with advertisers” or “Firefox reserves the right to do a deal to monetise the tantalising firehose of location data coming from your device unless you specifically opt out”?
Do they share location data without asking though? Google has an incentive to exaggerate.
Looks like its enshittification continues unabated :/
You know what they say about people who live in glass houses...
Does anyone know if Blockada mitigates this problem on Android?
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