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Firefox Android Battery Drain - alternatives? (lemmy.ml)
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I've got a brand new Pixel 8 and my battery isn't making it through the day. Android tells me Firefox is eating it up in the background. I just changed it to restricted battery use and I'll see if that helps.

I do not want to switch to Brave or Chrome, but this is intolerable. What are you favorite Firefox alternatives and why? Mull? Librewolf?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

It is probably all the google telemetry and monitoring and wifi scanning to map your location for sale that is running in the background. I plan on getting a pixel 7a soon but will immediately wipe the google junk and load grapheneos. Apart from getting rid of all the spyware this also doubles the battery run times.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Was thinking about doing this also but not sure if its worth it as im already using lineage

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you value the extra privacy and security, then it's absolutely worth it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes but I dont have a pixel and I use mostly foss apps on my phone. The few nonfree apps are in a shelter sandbox (not sure how comparable this is to graphene's sandboxing).

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