Would love more expert opinions about the different Firefox forks
this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2025
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unfortunately other forks depend on mozilla survival for thier survival as forks.
Would love to see an iOS version. I do enjoy the FireFox functionality of seeing tabs on other devices easily.
Iirc aren't all iOS browsers just reskinned safari?
The EU forced Apple to allow other rendering engines, but implementing one costs money vs just using WebKit for free, so nobody does it.
There's also the very real possibility that the "law and order" of western democracies will be destroyed by the same technocratic corporate sociopath cancer that has destroyed the USA — under the guise of christian fascism and various culture wars — so why bother investing resources in an anti-monopoly measure that Apple may be able to bribe away in the very near future?
There simply isn't a significant profit motive to invest in an alternate mobile browser for iOS at this stage, just like there's barely a profit motive to produce an alternate desktop browser; 90% of which are just chromium reskins not unlike webkit on iOS.
You’re not wrong. That being said, I don’t hate Safari mobile, it’s pretty solid and has great compatibility. There’s something to be said for using the hardware most of the web if generally designed for.
I don't understand this part:
Waterfox’s governance has allowed it to do something no other fork has (and likely will not do) - trust from other large, imporant third parties which in turn has given Waterfox users access to protected streaming services via Widevine.
Widevine is the defacto standard proprietary technology for DRM-locked content. It's used by all the major streaming services like Netflix and Disney+. Without it, publishers would not make their content available to those platforms for fear of rampant piracy, especially for high quality and 4K content. I guess Widevine requires some sort of vetted relationship with any browser that wants to use their tech.
High quality with their shitty bitrate? Lmao.
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Their deal with Google for Widevine is separate from Mozilla, basically.
Been using it since near the beginning. Glad to hear!