Like other stated. It used up too much space. Most of want it did can be done via Android or gestures if you have them.
Even the redesigned menu us a bit annoying since it takes one extra button press to get to extensions onto of an upward swipe.
As far as perhaps pitting it for you, try via the Secret Menu, of the mobile version of the Developer Mode.
I fail to see how this is new news, we have known this for years now, no?
I looked at their finances --which anyone can do-- and even if Google were to remove their funding tomorrow, Mozilla still has about 2-3 years of reserve capital they can burn through. Not optimal but it is not like they will disappear in a year.
Clearly, not a position they would want to be in, but they are not disappearing overnight.
Literally downloaded a new version of their alpha branch yesterday. Browser is not dead.
Using it for years. It is amazing. I do have a tech background so I know what I need to change for my needs but I wished more people use it. I mean it is also not that hard, either.
Downside is that you would have to run Windows. Pass.
Wow, that’s levels of commercial removed that I did not think possible, given how much FF sell themselves as being against this sort of thing.
Not bothered by the loss. Like others have stated, it can be used to track/profile you, but far more importantly, it was a non-legally binding “pretty please, do not track me, okay?” Request. Based on literally how honestly the server was setup or if the site admins felt like respecting it. 0% guarantees.
I have not been bothering to enable this for close to a decade in all my machines and on those I support.
Always found it weird how it was so pushed in tons of privacy guides or in privacy tips. It’s as if they were just parroting each other without actually thinking why it would or not work at all.
Not a fix but having Mozilla coded PWAs could help a bit. Rather than 3rd party.
Vertical Tabs are in the Nightly build, already. It is a very rudimentary implementation, still. Personally, I use Sideberry though.
Not a hot take. Most regular end users are lazy, not tech savvy, or do not care. Not meant as an insult, it is just reality. I used to be a SysAdmin and this was always the case. This is why IE got big, and why Chrome and Google Search got big and to a larger extend why Apple’s offering got big in their ecosystem.
Google trying to kill adblockers Barbara Streisand Effect them into the spotlight, magnitudes more than their own existence had merited to most average users in the last 15+ years, at least in the USA.
And even now, I still know tons of end users who do not use adblockers.
Personally, I like it. Usually I will have something playing, music or the like in another tab or will have multiple media tabs, so I will have a small PiP on the bottom right hand side, makes it easier to manipulate on the fly. Alternatively, I will just push the tab with the screen onto the sidebar, since this is what I did before this option became available.
I do not know either. But with the recent Google, Anti-Trust ruling, there is a chance the Courts could force Google to break the deal they have with Mozilla in the future. I assume Google will appeal, but if that goes, so does 80-85% of Mozilla’s income. Selling Mullvad’s VPN is not going to cut it, so maybe they think they can cash in with “AI” somehow. Since you are right, maybe the best VPN’s aren’t dirt cheap but they are certainly not expensive in most Western countries. Besides, most users do not use VPNs. As of 2023, only about 31-33% of all internet users do.
The implementation of vertical tabs pales in compared to Sideberry. Nice that it is heading in that direction, though. Plus, there is still Sideberry.
Mozilla is desperate for any cash influx, AI in a browser is a hot sounding thing, right now. Perhaps they also hope they can leverage it for extra income.
I run a Nightly on one of my machines and it was weird seeing the option and I hope it does not make it or that it gets removed.
Personally, I would use Nextcloud Bookmarks and/or Wallabag.
Likely on purpose. X wants to data mine you more.
By statistics alone, we know that if not her then at least many other people think this way these days.
I second this. Can be set to deletes cookies on XYZ (any or all) domain after ABC seconds after tab close.