What are the benefits of using FFUpdater?

I've seen FFUpdater recommended a couple of times, but I'm unsure why you would need this updater if youve installed your browser from F-droid and update your apps regularly. Does FFUpdater do anything special?

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Illecors@lemmy.cafe · 5 pts · 2y (4 replies)

F-droid is a bit slow rolling out updates as they recompile everything themselves. The only reason to use ffupdater would be to speed it up, I suppose.

MartinXYZ@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I just installed it to have a look for myself - there are a couple of browsers available to download through FFUpdater, that aren't available from F-droid (Iceraven and bromite, maybe others too, I didn't check them all), so that's another reason for installing FFUpdater, if you want to try those.

dukethorion@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Bromite is dead. Cromite replaced it.

MartinXYZ@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y

Cromite isn't included in FFUpdater, though, but it does mention that bromite is no longer maintained.

ScrambleVerdict@monyet.cc · 5 pts · 2y
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TrustingZebra@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 2y

There are so many different "privacy browsers" for Android, that it can be hard to keep track of them. FFUpdater is the one place I can find all of the good browsers, as well as information about each (including Warnings on why you may not want to use them).

KindnessInfinity@lemmy.ml · -3 pts · 2y

You get the latest release straight from the source, best benefit