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[–] -2 points 7 months ago (10 children)

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.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (5 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months 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.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months 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.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)