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by howinteresting 1790 days ago
And that's irrelevant, Mozilla's decision-making is quite independent of Google's.

Firefox on Android is an excellent browser. Firefox on iOS could be the same if Apple let go of its chokehold.
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otterley 1790 days ago
> Mozilla's decision-making is quite independent of Google's.

Mozilla certainly keeps the source of their funding in mind when making certain key decisions, in much the same way that elected officials do with respect to their donors. In fact, it's even more significant because Mozilla's funding primarily comes from a single source. And you can't just piss off your sole major benefactor without consequence.

The argument that they have the luxury to make independent decisions would be more plausible if their foundation were funded out of a legacy foundation or something like that.

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falcolas 1790 days ago
Firefox on iOS is an excellent browser. I use it as my daily driver, and it works perfectly well.
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robotnikman 1789 days ago
It is still built on top of Safari, so it lacks features such as extensions.

One of the few things which holds me back of switching to an iPhone is a true version of Firefox

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howinteresting 1790 days ago
It doesn't have uBlock Origin, which I consider an essential part of a good browser.
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