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> as they already do on Android! This is exclusionary detailing, wouldn't you say? Chrome on Android doesn't have an extensions platform.

• ben-schaaf 9y ago
  That doesn't stop you from using a local proxy to filter ad network traffic, like what Adblock Plus does on android. Adblock Plus was removed from the play store in 2013 [0]. That being said there are other browsers on android that either support extensions (like firefox) or have an adblocker built in. [0]: https://adblockplus.org/blog/adblock-plus-for-android-removed-from-google-play-store https://adblockplus.org/blog/adblock-plus-for-android-remove...
  • saiya-jin 9y ago
    This made me switch to firefox in android as my default and only browser a year ago, can't recommend enough. What is this obsession with Chrome anyway? I am a software dev (true, not really frontend these days anymore) and I can't tell the difference (apart from desktop Chrome taking much more memory due to segregated processes)
  • sowbug 9y ago
    Great, but irrelevant to this thread.
• Dylan16807 9y ago
  Which means that's an understatement of how bad the problem is.
  • sowbug 9y ago
    Oh, please. Lack of an extensions platform is not evidence of an intent to suppress your specific pet extension.
• quadrangle 9y ago
  Thanks for clarifying. I don't use it. I just verified by talking to others that uBlock and Firefox was possible while uBlock in Chrome on Android was not (nor was any other adblocker).