If you like customizing your browser, and don't mind bumping into incompatibilities and rendering issues at every turn, then Classic will be so much fun. So the question is, what do you want to use your browser for? If you just want the web to work, and you are content with the reality that XUL and its add-ons are dead in the water, use G3. But compatibility with the modern web is beginning to fail unfortunately. Then there is Waterfox Classic which is based on Firefox 56, and remains a fully customized XUL-compatible Australis based browser. Now at a certain point, the new updates for Waterfox were becoming less applicable for the customizable XUL/Australis builds that Waterfox became known for, that Alex had to create two product lines: Waterfox Current (now G3) for those who want a somewhat more customizable Photon/Quantum that can still browse the modern web. Now that 64-bit Firefox is a reality, Waterfox shifted it's purpose to perceived security and usability improvements like less telemetry, UI customization and such. Waterfox was created as an 圆4 build of Firefox, back when there was otherwise not one. I guess it depends on your reasons though: That said, maybe there is one out there although it would likely need to be accompanied by some sort of exploit to get around the sandboxing you've mentioned - I'll dig around and see what I can find but I'm guessing you've already plumbed the depths for a solution to this.I'd say it's worth it. When I bought this iPad, I did so knowing I wouldn't be able to find a proper file manager. When Mozilla announced the deprecation of the legacy Firefox add-on system, and the focus on WebExtensions, it was clear that any browser based on Firefox needed to come up with a plan going forward. The spyware/privacy debacle scared me off so I went with Total Commander, which isn't sexy but gets the job done. The developer of the Firefox-based Waterfox web browser revealed today on Reddit how he plans to to deal with the changes Mozilla makes to Firefox. I used to use ES File Explorer until they started to get into some dodgy practices. Any files you bring to the iPad can only be seen (accessed) by the file manager. The problem is that the file manager is also in solitary confinement. If you know a good file manager for iOS, I am desperately looking for one. The best app on Android has to be ES File Explorer Pro, the best I've found on iOS is FileBrowser Biz and it can't hold a candle to ES File Explorer. I'm happy to try to answer questions anyone might have about iOS if they are on the fence and concerned about all things non-Android. Having said all the above, I'll stick with Android (custom-ROM-capable) phones for the foreseeable future. Also, where customization is relevant, let's remember that the iOS 11 jailbreak is forthcoming: Of course, as has been discussed ad nauseam, iOS is a lot more restrictive about what you can or cannot do but in my view, most of the restrictions won't affect the vast majority of common tablet use cases as long as you don't insist on "customizing" for the sake of it. This is my first iOS device (everything else I have is Android-based) and I have absolutely no regrets. I've now retired my G Pad III and have taken the plunge with the iPad 2017 (non-pro version) and so far, I'm very happy with it - it's a huge upgrade from the now inexcusably vulnerable G Pad III, which is getting neglected for security updates by LG/Fido, as usual (none since Dec 2016). Based on the amount of activity over at the Walmart Boxing Day thread ( walmart-348-new-ipad-2017-32gb-walmart-2156707/) and given that even the LG G Pad III has it's own thread ( lg-g-pad-iii-owners-thread-2065523/), seemed logical to create one dedicated to the iPad 2017 since it seems to be good value within the tablet segment.
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