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I've been using Consent-O-Matic which works pretty well but built into the browser? Wow.

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[–] jiji@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Wait, I can change my homepage URL on iPhone. I find it hard to believe that’s an option exclusive to iPhone.

Edit: it’s at the bottom of the settings>homepage tab

[–] somedaysoon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can't do it on Android, it's not an option... Google it if you want to verify it.

[–] jiji@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sorry, I didn’t mean “I can’t believe” as in “I think you’re lying” but “I can’t believe” as in “what an absurd feature to leave out on android”.

[–] somedaysoon@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh, sorry, I misunderstood, but yeah, we agree then, it's crazy. And what is crazier is that it did work a few years ago, and then at some point they removed it.

https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/7551

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1807866

So yeah, doesn't seem like a priority and might not get fixed for a long, long time... so until then I'm using Kiwi.

[–] jiji@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

No worries, I most definitely could have phrased it a lot better.

Having the feature then losing it is even whackier. 🥴 Especially I’d think their focus would be android users and making sure it’s up to date/functioning for them.

[–] ahriboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

I hope Apple will relax the rules on web browsers in order for Firefox to use their own engine instead of WebKit. New EU laws will put more pressure on Big Tech.