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Despite only having a tiny fraction of the mobile browser market, Mozilla has totally rewritten its Firefox app for Android to rely on its own infrastructure rather than Google’s, which is used in the majority of browsers. On iPhones, Apple’s closed ecosystem requires that all browsers, including Chrome, use WebKit as their underlying engines.“Having our core browser engine be part of our product is a great way for us to be able to make every change that we think we need to see to get the web to where we want it to be,” says Camp. Camp says that because Firefox is relying on Mozilla’s browser engine, it's able to use its Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) tool, which is turned on by default and blocks third-party tracking cookies that follow people around the web. “Private Mode is easily accessible from the Firefox for Android home screen, and users have the option to create a private browsing shortcut on their Android home screen, which will launch the browsing app automatically in the respective mode and allow users to browse privately on the go,” Mozilla says in a statement.Ultimately, Firefox is trying to add features to the browser to convince people to make the switch for more than just privacy reasons.
As said here by Wired