# Firefox Mobile

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Firefox Mobile and 10 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Praised for ad-free, familiar browsing on phones and tablets. Critics say the mobile interface is dated and clunky, and uBlock Origin cannot be installed.

## Why people recommend it

- Ad-free browsing on mobile (2 comments): "I have seen maybe five ads on my phone browser (including Youtube!) since buying it in 2019." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46288983)) "I'm addicted to the ad-free browsing life" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50112459))
- Usable and works well (4 comments): "I really like the Firefox usability. For what I do it works great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49525247)) "Otherwise don't see any issues." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49525861)) "Firefox for mobile does great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557491))
- Hard to give up privacy tradeoffs (2 comments): "I can't imagine browsing the web on my phone and tablet without Firefox mobile." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46300954)) "I'm not willing to put up with worse privacy/usability tradeoffs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49524596))

## What people warn about

- Dated, lackluster mobile interface (2 comments): "Firefox Mobile really is a lackluster browser unfortunately both from a usability and security standpoint" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49525062)) "Overall the whole mobile interface needs to be overhauled imo." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49530505))
- Default search engine keeps resetting (2 comments): "Recent mobile versions just cannot seem to remember any default search engine setting other than Google." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46018974)) "I genuinely do hate this too, I have to reset it every time." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46020183))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Firefox for iOS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/firefox-for-ios.md): 18 recommend
- [Reynard browser](https://hackerapproved.com/p/reynard-browser.md): 12 recommend
- [Kiwi Browser](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kiwi-browser.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Firefox Mobile", https://hackerapproved.com/p/firefox-mobile/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).