… and how do I install it now?
It’s there for me …
Else … if it’s available, install Fennec F-Droid, it’s Firefox built from its sources by F-Droid.
If that isn’t available for you, too, then you have a more general issue, I think.
Fennec F-Droid is available as an APK to download at F-Droid … https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid/
No, it doesn’t say that. You mean because it mentions possibly unwanted features?
F-Droid gives you an opportunity to inform yourself about what that means. If not for the Apps issue, you would have installed Firefox by now 
.
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid/ says …
Fennec F-Droid is based on the latest Firefox release (codenamed Fenix).
It has proprietary bits and telemetry removed, but still connects to
various Mozilla and Google services that can track users.
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@AnotherElk I see. Thanks for the elaborate explanation. I was not aware that FF still tracks and is not fully FOSS.
@MRTN Indeed, now I see FF. Thanks!
FF may do tracking but it is “fully FOSS” (as far as I know. If you know of any parts of Firefox that are not FOSS, please do point them out).
It’s just what F-Droid says for upstream Firefox (codenamed Fenix).
From what I can gather from briefly browsing through https://forum.f-droid.org/t/welcome-a-new-fennec-f-droid/11113, it’s about proprietary 3rd party tracking services.
Here’s an interesting and short exchange in that regard (apart from the prominent mention in the opening post)…
https://forum.f-droid.org/t/welcome-a-new-fennec-f-droid/11113/199
https://forum.f-droid.org/t/welcome-a-new-fennec-f-droid/11113/200
Then F-Droid is using a different definition of ‘free’ and ‘FOSS’ than me. As far as I can tell
- Firefox is demonstrably 'Open source`: the source is available in Mozilla’s github repos
- Firefox also meets the requirements of the Free Software Foundation’s ‘Four Essential Freedoms of Free Software’:
The modern definition defines free software by whether or not the recipient has the following four freedoms:[8]
- The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0).
- The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
- The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).
- The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom 3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
(Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition)
But it’s probably not worth arguing about. I’ll continue to use Firefox and Fennec interchangeably, and encourage others to do the same.
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