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If you think Firefox for Android is fast, have you tried Firefox Preview? It's like twice or three times faster.

• deleted 6y ago
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• dTal 6y ago
  Sadly, Firefox Preview is not currently free software, which is a showstopper for many. In particular it cannot be obtained through F-Droid: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/162 https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/162
  • COGlory 6y ago
    There is an unofficial repo, if you simply care more about using F-Droid/de-Googling than it being free software, specifically. https://gitlab.com/rfc2822/fdroid-firefox https://gitlab.com/rfc2822/fdroid-firefox
    • dTal 6y ago
      Thanks. I haven't downloaded it to check, but from the GitHub issue I mentioned above that repo just contains a copy of the official Mozilla .apk, which contains com.google.android.gms and com.google.firebase. So it's not so good for "de-Googling". I'm a lot less interested in the mechanics of using F-Droid than I am in the no-malware guarantee that F-Droid effectively provides.
• Yizahi 6y ago
  Yes, I've installed it half a year ago and tested for some time (couldn't switch due to lack of adblock). It is very cool, OneUI-like interface, dark theme, a lot of small improvements. But speed? It is fast, about the same as current trunk FF, maybe there are less or shorter animations but overall it feels exactly the same, maybe it is faster by few percents but I can't see it as a user without using benchmarks. Normal FF is fast on my phone. PS: I just checked - uBlock is available in Preview, woohoo, I can try it more now :) . Strange that it is the only addon available in my app, no NoScript, Badger and HtttpsE there (latest version).