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Why is Firefox sync only a way to sync and not back up?? If they can't back up to a cloud, why not just have an option like desktop to export files?

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Anthony
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I'm captain oblivious to the truth, so I had no idea the sync for Firefox only worked as a sync and not backup like chrome does. I had to reset firefox to default and lost all previous bookmarks, which were a lot. My laptop's motherboard died so it's impossible to get that old sync info back rn. Sync is practically useless now. Firefox is one of those browsers that can use add-ons on mobile so it's why I use it more on it but now it's just a turn off. Luckily I didn't use FF as my main browser and bookmarked everything in it but it still had a few recent bookmarks all lost in the æther.

I'm captain oblivious to the truth, so I had no idea the sync for Firefox only worked as a sync and not backup like chrome does. I had to reset firefox to default and lost all previous bookmarks, which were a lot. My laptop's motherboard died so it's impossible to get that old sync info back rn. Sync is practically useless now. Firefox is one of those browsers that can use add-ons on mobile so it's why I use it more on it but now it's just a turn off. Luckily I didn't use FF as my main browser and bookmarked everything in it but it still had a few recent bookmarks all lost in the æther.

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Ayaan
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Unfortunately, this is the only problem that makes me uncomfortable every time. Apart from that, Firefox has been truly wonderful for me, a lightweight, with wonderful user experience. In that, its unbeatable. The points that you have raised will command a concern from FF, I hope so.

Regards,

Anthony
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Ayaan said
Unfortunately, this is the only problem that makes me uncomfortable every time. Apart from that, Firefox has been truly wonderful for me, a lightweight, with wonderful user experience. In that, its unbeatable. The points that you have raised will command a concern from FF, I hope so. Regards,

I like the browser. It's better at streaming and the add-ons are handy, even on mobile but the sync is the biggest let down and turn off at the moment.

Paul
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Firefox Sync is designed to help you take your bookmarks, passwords and other data with you when you are using a second copy of Firefox. It has been made much more stable over recent years but is not designed to be used as a back up.