Mozilla will turn blocking trackers in mobile Firefox to ‘strict’ next year

Mozilla sets the blocking of trackers in the next version of Firefox for Android to ‘strict’ by default. According to Mozilla, mobile users care more about speed and avoiding ad annoyances than desktop users.

By defaulting Firefox to ‘strict’, sites should load 20 percent faster, Mozilla claims. On the other hand, some sites may not function properly or display content less well. Mozilla wants the move to protect users from being tracked by ads on the web. The protection prevents advertisers from tracking users.

The new version of Firefox Preview includes more new features. For example, the address bar can be placed at the top and bottom, users can now set their own search engine and it is possible to send tabs from desktop to mobile. This is also possible with collections of tabs.

The novelties are in Firefox Preview 3.0, the test version for the future version of Firefox for Android. The new version, based on the GeckoView engine, should be released before the summer of 2020. Mozilla doesn’t say anything about a version for iOS. The browser builder announced the future version of the mobile Firefox this summer. The code for the browser is on GitHub and the app can be downloaded from the Google Play Store.