Gecko on iOS 17.4 and newer in European Union

[vuurvos]

As browsers with alternative engines are now allowed on iPhones & iPads due to the DMA in the European Union, I would like to request that a Firefox version with the Gecko engine be developed or released as soon as possible.

See also this feature request (not posted by me) on GitHub: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios/issues/19063

[Jon]

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[YS91]

Gecko and Add On support would be amazing. I’m still waiting for it 

[anyone_yun]

This would be great!

[okay_okay]

yes this would be great 👍

[TimeSplitter]

Agreed this is an absolute must!

I get that Apple´s rules suck big time and that Mozilla would have to develop two separate versions of Firefox on iOS but I still think that it is worth it!

[Popeye]

Thumbs up.

gecko and plugins 🙏🏼

[Peter3738]

I thought Mozilla would be ready to update with gecko as soon as iOS is compatible …

[myspace]

Please and Thanks

[cosmus50]

This would be great for ios firefox extensions to finally work. I also really want tab groups on firefox.

[Jon]

Thanks for the feedback @cosmus50!

And good news about tab groups, we're currently working on bringing that feature to Firefox. We'll share updates on the progress in the thread here: Native Tab Grouping / More Customizable Tab bar 

[Jon]

@cosmus50 @Nich I'm going to move your posts to the tab groups thread, so we can keep this one focused on the original request for Gecko on iOS.

[lgm]

The EU has designated ipadOS as gatekeeper too, just today: https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/commission-designates-apples-ipados-under-digital-markets-a...

That still means maintaining 2 versions of firefox for the EU and the rest of the world, but at least within EU, the user experience could be consistent across Apples mobile devices.

[SoftwareType]

It's kind of easier to measure the performance state within these devices as well, compared to Android

[mikka]

Exactly! I would love to see this in the new iOS 18!!

[TheLegend27]

As was noted by Veddu on the reddit AMA, Japan will also force Apple to allow third party engines. I think it's better for mozilla to do this sooner rather than later, so when more countries follow in the EU's footsteps, the Gecko browser is ready.