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by autoexec 917 days ago
Nice! Now add about:config to stable releases
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As an alternative, you can get a stable release with about:config by installing Firefox (or Mull) from F-Droid.
curious, what do you want to do with about:config on FF for Android?
Mostly, basic security things like disabling prefetch, disabling WebRTC, disabling redirects, preventing sites from reading my battery level, preventing firefox from changing what I type in the address bar (fixup), etc
Battery status was disabled in Firefox in 2016.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/01/firefox-d...

Disabling telemetry for one. Not that this should be enabled in the first place.
You don't need about:config to disable that, you can do it from the regular settings screen.
Not all of it and not in a way that has a chance of staying disabled when they add new ways to exfiltrate data.