![]() ![]() ![]() This would be born partly out of necessity (nobody uses Firefox anymore, failing web compatibility), and partly because browser development is hard and unrewarding, with talk and “activism” being so much more Heart Why not make this their main thing at this point?Ģ) Same as (1), except now they create a Chromium-based browser and slap the Firefox brand on it as a pretense, firing not all engineers, but retaining some of them to work on the Chromium fork, but with Google now doing the heavy lifting for them. Go to their website, especially their blog – it basically screams far left activism, their CEO (a lawyer) seems to live the activism with every pore of her body. I could actually see this happening, because even now, they seem to invest more time into calls for even more censorship online than they do into Firefox. Now You: which mobile browser do you use? (via Sören as their browser becomes more and more incompatible with the web (because why bother to test for 3% of the entire Internet population,objectively a total waste of time), there are two possible scenarios for Mozilla’s future:ġ) They give up on Firefox entirely, and become and Internet activist organization. The classic Firefox web browser for Android is not supported anymore, just like Firefox Lite. There is the main Firefox web browser for Android and Firefox Focus/Klar. Mozilla maintains two main browsers for Android currently, even after the abandoning of Firefox Lite. to block advertisement or prevent tracking, but others may not be supported by Firefox for Android. Most Chromium-based browsers don't support extensions at all, on the other hand. Some features can be added by installing extensions, e.g. Mozilla recommends that users switch to the new version of its Firefox web browser for Android.įirefox for Android offers a different experience, since it is not based on Chromium WebView. Firefox Lite won't receive any updates, security or otherwise, after Janymore. The browser was sunset on June 1, 2021, and will be abandoned on June 30, 2021. Mozilla did release patches for the mobile browser in that time that focused on security fixes.Ī recent SUMO overview on Mozilla's website confirms the end of Firefox Lite. Active Firefox Lite development ended and development switched over to maintenance mode. Mozilla laid off 250 employees in 2020 as part of a restructuring of the organization. ![]() Our only review of Firefox Lite dates back to 2019 when Firefox Lite 2.0 was released. The web browser came with a Turbo Mode that blocked known trackers and advertising, options to block the loading of images, and also a component that highlighted coupons on specific sites. Anyone with access to the APK file could install it on a compatible Android device.įirefox Lite was based on Chromium WebView, and not on Mozilla's own rendering engine this set it apart from Firefox for Android but also from many Chromium-based browsers for Android, as one focus of development was privacy. The browser was designed for Asian markets, not included on Google Play, but was not region-locked either. Developed by Mozilla Taiwan, Firefox Lite was released in 2018 for Google's Android operating system. ![]()
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