Right now, my default is Cromite, and I occasionally use Brave as well. I have tried Firefox with uBO, but unfortunately it is slower than the aforementioned browsers and also lacks some features. I’ve also heard that Gecko-based browsers in general have a security issue on Android, but I don’t know the details. Which browser(s) do you use/recommend and why?

  • infjarchninja@lemmy.ml
    2·
    1 day ago

    sem

    That does seem normal to me

    I aways install Ghostery and Privacy Badger alongside U-block origin

    I have Lineage on my current phone and use Droid-ify as my app store.

    My family have different phones and use F-droid-basic and neostore, and they have had no issues installing extra addons in their ironfox installs.

      • infjarchninja@lemmy.ml
        1·
        24 hours ago

        Hi sem

        I open Ironfox

        press the top right burger menu

        press the extensions.

        you will be redirected to the Mozilla add-ons site.

        you can search for add-ons from there.

        check to see if another browser is able to access mozilla add-ons

        https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/

        If it still fails, I would check your settings.

        here are mine:

        HTTPS_Only mode on in all tabs

        DNS over HTTPS off

        this is off because my VPN manages my DNS

        enhanced tracking protection strict

        If you have a VPN installed

        Maybe that might be locked down, blocking the internet, preventing you from accessing the internet

        I would also disable U-block just to see if it works disabled

          • infjarchninja@lemmy.ml
            1·
            2 hours ago

            hey Sem

            I had not seen that.

            Oddly my “Allow installation of add-ons” is unselected and set to blank.

            Why can’t I install add-ons/extensions?

            By default, due to privacy and security concerns, IronFox disables the installation of add-ons. This has no impact on already installed extensions, and updates to those extensions.

            To allow the installation of add-ons, at the cost of security, you can navigate to Settings -> IronFox -> IronFox settings -> Security, and select the option to Allow installation of add-ons. It is recommended to disable this option when you are done installing your desired extension(s).

            I wonder if it is to do with the repo:

            I know it took ages to be released to f-droid and droid-ify and was only available from the git repo.

            I installed the repo from here

            to add the repo to f-droid or f-droid basic

            https://fdroid.ironfoxoss.org/fdroid/repo/index.html

            click on the QR code to enlarge

            I hope you sort it out