

Even if it does, it will only impact the market in the European Union and not elsewhere.

It remains to be seen whether the European Union's Digital Markets Act will level the playing field. Samsung's mobile browser comes in third, and it too has an advantage as it is the default web browser on Samsung devices (with Chrome being installed as well). Chrome is the standard browser on most Android devices, and on Apple's mobile devices, it is the company's Safari browser. Google Chrome and Apple Safari have a clear advantage on mobile, as they ship with most mobile devices by default. While the list includes popular choices such as uBlock Origin, NoScript or Dark Reader, it is lacking in comparison to the previous Firefox version. While usage numbers remained more or less stable at around 0.5%, it limited one of the main distinguishing factors from Firefox for Android: add-ons.įirefox Stable for Android supports a handful of extensions now, opposed to most extensions that were available for Firefox previously. Mozilla launched a new version of Firefox for Android some time ago, hoping that the move would give the mobile browser a much needed push.
