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by commoner 1606 days ago
Firefox still has best-in-class privacy features:

- Enhanced Tracking Protection isolates third-party cookies and site data into separate containers based on both the origin and the site you're currently on. It also blocks trackers. https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/02/23/total-cookie-pr...

- Fingerprinting Protection, originally developed for use in Tor Browser, prevents Firefox from disclosing some data that uniquely identifies you. This feature needs to be manually activated. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-protection-agai...

- uBlock Origin works on Firefox on both desktop and Android. While Chrome will block an API used by uBlock Origin in 2023, Firefox will continue to support the API. (https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338) The current version of uBlock Origin does not support Safari.
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ComradePhil 1606 days ago
Brave does all of that and it it's Chromium underneath so the websites will always work.
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commoner 1606 days ago
Firefox has stronger extension support on Android, since Brave doesn't support any extensions on Android at all. On the desktop, Firefox's container tabs feature allows you to log into the same site with multiple accounts without needing to open a new window for each account.* Firefox's Gecko engine gives me no issues on the web.

Brave is a better choice than Chrome and Safari, in my opinion. But Firefox still has some advantages.

* https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers

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account42 1606 days ago
> Firefox has stronger extension support on Android

Whitelisted extensions are not extensions at all but optional browser features developed by third parties.

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commoner 1606 days ago
There's no difference. All extensions provide optional features for the browser.

On Android, I would recommend Mull (a Firefox fork) over Firefox:

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/us.spotco.fennec_dos/

On Mull, you can install any compatible extension from https://addons.mozilla.org even if it's not whitelisted.* But a whitelisted extension is no less of an extension than a non-whitelisted one.

* Instructions (steps 1-3 not required): https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/29/expanded-extensio...

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