If, like me, you’ve relied on Fennec as a more tolerable version of Firefox for Android, you may have gotten some bad news in the latest F-droid update cycle.

Fennec has fallen so far behind on updates that serious security patches implemented by Mozilla in Firefox haven’t been applied to the fork, and Fennec is therefore still breachable.

The developer responded two weeks ago that they were “short on time”, and there still isn’t a new, secure version available. This appears to be due to that recurring weak link in open source development: small teams, confronted by real life demands like time and money?

  • e$tGyr#J2pqM8vEnglish
    1•2 months ago

    I’ve been using Fennec. Any one got advise on what would be the best alternative? And please explain why.

    • @NalivaiEnglish
      8•2 months ago

      What were its advantages over Firefox?

      • Xan SurnamehereEnglish
        9•2 months ago

        Fennec F-Droid

        • removes ff telemetry,
        • allows about:config changes,
        • you can enable dev mode for your own extension collection,
        • and it’s completely open source
    • @[email protected]English
      1•2 months ago

      Mull browser is also available on fdroid. It is an even better (secure) alternative to firefox as it uses some of tor architecture, from what I know.

    • @finitebanjoEnglish
      1•2 months ago

      You can update Fennec I heard, just not through the regular means.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•2 months ago

      There’s really no reason to go scrambling for an alternative, it’s a temporary problem.