Rewrite Sailfish Browser with GeckoView and Android Components
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Sailfish Browser uses an old and insecure version of Firefox. This has many problems because it lacks features and it can contain security vulnerabilities.
It would be good to rewrite and update it. Also, this issue is based on #599 (comment).
Mozilla is now developing GeckoView and Android Components, a set of components for embedding Gecko in Android apps. I know that this is for Android, but could it be ported to Sailfish OS for Sailfish Browser?
They are also making new Firefox for Android (Fenix) which uses GeckoView. Could it be ported to Sailfish OS and used as a default replacement for Sailfish Browser? This would be easier to maintain as it is already a fully-functional web browser.
And don't use WebKit or Blink. If you want to be "the only independent mobile operating system", then don't use the browser engine from the biggest corporation in the world.