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You have to be on Android to use addons with mobile Firefox. Since Android=Google, doesn't that mean you are giving Google all your data including browsing data
by wintermutestwin 5y ago
You have to be on Android to use addons with mobile Firefox. Since Android=Google, doesn't that mean you are giving Google all your data including browsing data and the fact that you are blocking ads?
- sidibe 5y agoI don't know, but it definitely blocks ads which is why I use it.
- nix0n 5y agoYes, but at least I don't have to see as many ads, and my phone's CPU doesn't spend as much time rendering ads, and my limited mobile bandwidth isn't all sucked up by ads.
- zeta0134 5y agoOnly if you are running Google Play services. You can certainly opt out of this if you like. I run LineageOS and do just that, but I also don't need my phone for much more than the basics, and F-Droid can fill those in for my use case.
- silon42 5y agoWhy would you assume they are getting all browsing data?
- wintermutestwin 5y agoMotive + ability. They want all the data and they own the OS. Why would you assume they aren't?
- X6S1x6Okd1st 5y agoMotive + ability aren't the only things. That'd be a clear invasion of privacy that you could expect to win a court case over.
- loudtieblahblah 5y agothere's never been any evidence that Google is capturing all internet traffic on android devices. that being said... The other option is even less anti-consumer than privacy hating Google. There's no Apple phone with an sdcard slot. No Apple phone with a headphone jack. Repair your iPhone ? Well Apple just slows down your device under the guise of prolonging its life. No Apple phone where you can install apps through a non-Apple owned store. Not a single iPhone has a built in FM tuner. And for all the privacy flag waving from Apple over the years, they're now scanning local files for child porn. This is a feature set that will just grow.