It gets my goat that people think it’s a good option. There are plenty of articles explaining some of the many issues with it, but a few are:

  1. It’s run by anti-LGBTQ+ crypto bros.
  2. It has ads right out of the box.
  3. It collected donations towards people who never signed up for them - then held them to ransom in exchange for the kind of information you should never share on the Internet.
  4. They’re a for-profit advertising company. “Privacy-centric” my elbow.
    • Tja@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      19 hours ago

      But it kills the battery on mobile, even scrolling it choppy.

      I switched to the Samsung browser a few years ago, I don’t know what black magic they do but it’s super smooth and light on the battery. It has some plugin support but I don’t use it so can’t comment much about it. It’s chromium based.

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        17 hours ago

        What phone were you using?

        I I’ve never had any issue with firefox, with regards to battery or scrolling, but i use 8 year old flagship (Got it used, I’m not Mr.Moneybags)… which is probably still better than a budget phone of today, though.

        • Tja@programming.devEnglish
          1·
          16 hours ago

          Relatively new Samsung S24 Ultra, similar as you: “old” flagship bought used. The scrolling on the Samsung browser is like an iPhone, with Firefox like a windows 95 :(

          Happened with a previous Samsung as well. On my old oneplus everything was kinda choppy.

          • Bilb!@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            4 hours ago

            On my Z Fold 6, I do notice that Samsung Internet, Chrome, etc are smoother, that is absolutely true. It’s not really enough to matter to me, though, doesn’t really warrant being described as “choppy” in my experience. My default is IronFox with uBlock Origin.

          • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            16 hours ago

            Well, Samsung is enshitified with its newer phones, that I have no doubt that an S24 would run non-samsung shit poorly to force you to use samsung shit.

            • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              10 hours ago

              Samsung was enshittified with their older phones too.

              Pixels are shit too.

              I had a One Plus 9 Pro and it was honestly my first phone that I traded in and felt like I got a huge downgrade. It just worked.

            • Tja@programming.devEnglish
              1·
              16 hours ago

              I doubt it’s on purpose, many other non-Samsung apps run fine, even when a samsung alternative exists, it’s specifically the browser that is weird. Which is a pity, since I do use Firefox on my desktop and laptop, but the mobile experience is just frustrating.

              • VAK@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                15 hours ago

                I have an s24 and had the same experience. Fennec F-droid worked better for me.