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What's a good Firefox alternative for Android?
Fennec
well I do aggree, but it is a soft fork of Firefox so if Firefox dies then fennec dies as well.
Firefox is big enough that there might be enough traction to create a proper fork, if Firefox ever goes down. Though, technically the same is also true for Chrome, since the system behind it is also open source. It's just a lot of work. There's also still Webkit around. That one is often used for web-tech apps for desktop & of course Apple, so i wonder if it's feasible to make a real browser out of that. Midori comes to mind, idk if they still use it.
Firefox won't die because its donors (Google and corporate friends) won't let it... But if it does, it'll be Google's call. Nothing you or I can do about it.
I personally use Ironfox