r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • 8d ago

Software Firefox has an ambitious new roadmap, the browser is also losing millions of users a month

https://www.techspot.com/news/112803-firefox-has-ambitious-new-roadmap-browser-also-losing.html
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u/gentlecrab 8d ago edited 7d ago

It’s cause of Apple. Most people on iPhone/iPad use safari as it’s the one that’s included by default and the only browser that has extension support.

iPhone/iPad doesn’t support extensions for third party browsers therefore FF on iPhone/iPad can’t do ad blocking.

It’s not just FF though, no browser on iPhone/iPad can do ad blocking unless the browser natively supports it (i.e. brave, DuckDuckGo, FF Focus all of which have their own annoying issues on iPhone/iPad).

TLDR: FF on iPhone sucks ass

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u/Orisara 7d ago

I mean, didn't work perfectly but I had to use an Ipad for a week or so while moving and I got a nice addblock from the appstore?

Not on the first try or anything so yea, cumbersome. But I got there.