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Firefox mobile also won't let me into about:config. So I guess that's the end. Opera? Other recommendations?

by JonChesterfield 2y ago

justinclift 2y ago
Which OS are you using?
- Ygg2 2y ago
  Firefox mobile is only on Android. The iOS version is a reskin, so it's not affected.
DaoVeles 2y ago
Elinks via Termux? /jk For those that don't know, Elinks is a text only terminal browser.
- brettermeier 2y ago
  Lol, nobody wants that. Recommend Mull or something else sensible. Edit: Whoopsy, oversaw your /jk
  - DaoVeles 2y ago
    All good! That said I do like the genuine recommendation. Will look at that.
- mrweasel 2y ago
  While the jokes is appreciated, I'm also half-serious in considering just using Links/Elinks or w3m and just use whatever is the default browser on my OS for those cases where I need to book ticket or do banking. I'm sadly falling out of love with the web. So much fun and enjoyment have left the web in the past 20 years and I don't enjoy or to some extend even benefit from the modern hellscape of modern commercial web.
  - DaoVeles 2y ago
    I already do this a lot on my desktop. Running on of the FSF approved distros, I have three layers of browsers. 1. Links/Elinks for most stuff. 2. If that doesn't work, Trisquel Abrowser which is a privacy focused fork of Firefox. 3. If that doesn't work, Vivaldi browser in a sabdvox to get that Chromium conpatatibility.
quikoa 2y ago
As mentioned elsewhere in this thread: Go to: chrome://geckoview/content/config.xhtml then enable about:config after that dom.private-attribution.submission.enabled can be set to false.
- gkbrk 2y ago
  If you need to do that much hacking around to plug a deliberate privacy hole, you might as well use another browser.
brettermeier 2y ago
It is possible, see here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40974112#40974414 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40974112#40974414
mananaysiempre 2y ago
Not Opera, for all that is holy[1]. Fennec[2], the F-Droid build of Firefox, does have about:config enabled. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39816429 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39816429 [2] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid

Firefox mobile also won't let me into about:config. So I guess that's the end. Opera? Other recommendations?

justinclift 2y ago

Which OS are you using?

Ygg2 2y ago
Firefox mobile is only on Android. The iOS version is a reskin, so it's not affected.

DaoVeles 2y ago

Elinks via Termux? /jk For those that don't know, Elinks is a text only terminal browser.

brettermeier 2y ago
Lol, nobody wants that. Recommend Mull or something else sensible. Edit: Whoopsy, oversaw your /jk
- DaoVeles 2y ago
  All good! That said I do like the genuine recommendation. Will look at that.
mrweasel 2y ago
While the jokes is appreciated, I'm also half-serious in considering just using Links/Elinks or w3m and just use whatever is the default browser on my OS for those cases where I need to book ticket or do banking. I'm sadly falling out of love with the web. So much fun and enjoyment have left the web in the past 20 years and I don't enjoy or to some extend even benefit from the modern hellscape of modern commercial web.
- DaoVeles 2y ago
  I already do this a lot on my desktop. Running on of the FSF approved distros, I have three layers of browsers. 1. Links/Elinks for most stuff. 2. If that doesn't work, Trisquel Abrowser which is a privacy focused fork of Firefox. 3. If that doesn't work, Vivaldi browser in a sabdvox to get that Chromium conpatatibility.

quikoa 2y ago

As mentioned elsewhere in this thread: Go to: chrome://geckoview/content/config.xhtml then enable about:config after that dom.private-attribution.submission.enabled can be set to false.

gkbrk 2y ago
If you need to do that much hacking around to plug a deliberate privacy hole, you might as well use another browser.

brettermeier 2y ago

It is possible, see here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40974112#40974414 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40974112#40974414

mananaysiempre 2y ago

Not Opera, for all that is holy[1]. Fennec[2], the F-Droid build of Firefox, does have about:config enabled. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39816429 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39816429 [2] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid