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> Android's inferiority This must be personal preference. For me the #1 thing I do on my phone is browse the internet, and having choice of browser is a vital

> Android's inferiority This must be personal preference. For me the #1 thing I do on my phone is browse the internet, and having choice of browser is a vital priority in this. Android allows you to choose browser, the other big maker only supports a single browser engine.

matheusmoreira 3y ago
At this point I wouldn't be surprised if Google just got rid of Firefox for having uBlock Origin support.
- jsnell 3y ago
  So, what does that actually mean? You think there's a 50% probability that Google waves a magic wand and "gets rid of Firefox" in let's say the next two years? 10%? 1%? 0.01%?
  - matheusmoreira 3y ago
    It means I wouldn't be surprised if they deleted Firefox from the app store. No idea about any percentages.
- realusername 3y ago
  I highly doubt it, Firefox on mobile is a rounding error at best and I can't imagine the legal antitrust implications of doing that. It serves more as "there's competition you see" for google than anything else.
- spondylosaurus 3y ago
  Unless they get rid of Android sideloading entirely it'd be extremely hard to do so.
  - matheusmoreira 3y ago
    I wouldn't put that past them either. All they need to do to kill sideloading is make devices with sideloaded apps fail attestation. People's bank apps will suddenly stop working and they'll be forced to bring the device back into an "untampered" state.
crossroadsguy 3y ago
Agree with this point of yours whole heartedly. But I just can't wrap my head around Google tracking every single thing I do on my phone, even the things I don't do explicitly and there is no fathomable way to stop that unless I start everything from scratch. From the bricks, to sand, to water, and cement to setup a phone using some ROM that might or might not support the Android phone model I bought and if it did then even a patch might upend everything I had setup (including but not limited to bricking my phone for good) and then do that all over again. Not to mention that if I used that ROM a lot of essential apps might just don't even work to begin with or I might not even be able to install them, forget working. A browser is important but a kinda small, part of overall phone usage. At least for me.

matheusmoreira 3y ago

At this point I wouldn't be surprised if Google just got rid of Firefox for having uBlock Origin support.

jsnell 3y ago
So, what does that actually mean? You think there's a 50% probability that Google waves a magic wand and "gets rid of Firefox" in let's say the next two years? 10%? 1%? 0.01%?
- matheusmoreira 3y ago
  It means I wouldn't be surprised if they deleted Firefox from the app store. No idea about any percentages.
realusername 3y ago
I highly doubt it, Firefox on mobile is a rounding error at best and I can't imagine the legal antitrust implications of doing that. It serves more as "there's competition you see" for google than anything else.
spondylosaurus 3y ago
Unless they get rid of Android sideloading entirely it'd be extremely hard to do so.
- matheusmoreira 3y ago
  I wouldn't put that past them either. All they need to do to kill sideloading is make devices with sideloaded apps fail attestation. People's bank apps will suddenly stop working and they'll be forced to bring the device back into an "untampered" state.

crossroadsguy 3y ago

Agree with this point of yours whole heartedly. But I just can't wrap my head around Google tracking every single thing I do on my phone, even the things I don't do explicitly and there is no fathomable way to stop that unless I start everything from scratch. From the bricks, to sand, to water, and cement to setup a phone using some ROM that might or might not support the Android phone model I bought and if it did then even a patch might upend everything I had setup (including but not limited to bricking my phone for good) and then do that all over again. Not to mention that if I used that ROM a lot of essential apps might just don't even work to begin with or I might not even be able to install them, forget working. A browser is important but a kinda small, part of overall phone usage. At least for me.