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This is rather strange. Which country are you in, may I ask? Also, doesn't this hamper with many other websites you might visit that depend on Firebase?
by plibither8 7y ago
This is rather strange. Which country are you in, may I ask? Also, doesn't this hamper with many other websites you might visit that depend on Firebase?
- behnamoh 7y agoCurrently I'm located in Iran, and yes, many websites that depend on Firebase get automatically blocked (the same goes for medium.com). On top of that, many other websites decide not to provide service to Iran in the first place, so...
- plibither8 7y agoThat's unfortunate. Also just a small clarification: I don't recommend disabling the "show-user-info-on-hover" feature, it's just there as an example :P
- TeMPOraL 7y agoMaybe a stupid question, but why is the extension even talking to Firebase? Skimming the feature list, all of these look like something that should work without connecting anywhere else but HN itself.
- plibither8 7y agoThe HN API is on Firebase, which is used to fetch details of users and items. It is used, as of now, in the following features: comments-ui-tweaks show-item-info-on-hover show-top-leaders-karma show-user-info-on-hover