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OMG! Why would Mozilla kill extensions on mobile (android)? It would make mobile unusable for me. In fact that's the reason I barely browse the internet on my i

OMG! Why would Mozilla kill extensions on mobile (android)? It would make mobile unusable for me. In fact that's the reason I barely browse the internet on my iPad: Firefox never had add ons on iOS due to Apple restrictions. I hope that's just FUD!

Kaze404 6y ago
It's more nuanced than that. Iirc they're rewriting the way extensions are handled internally on Firefox for Android, making only certain extensions available initially. Feel free to look more into it for more precise information, this is all public.
coldpie 6y ago
They're pushing out the upgrade to everyone soon, and it only supports certain, whitelisted extensions. https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/firefox-android-new-features/ https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/firefox-android-new-feature...
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y ago
  Sideload the last working version with full extension support?
- pbhjpbhj 6y ago
  Sorry, but wtf??? "3. Extension-ready This update will initially include support for one of the most popular extensions on Android, uBlock Origin. Additional extensions will be supported in subsequent releases so you can customize and expand your mobile browsing experience even more." Why has Moz turned in to this almost fascist company all of a sudden. Like, what? Kill all but whitelisted extensions, which users asked for that? Let me guess, there'll be an accidental reset of people's config to enable them to be auto-updated and then there extensions will stop working ... I wouldn't put it passed then to then have already secured control over uBlock and we'll have unlockable ads before you know it. Hope I'm wrong.
  - whelming_wave 6y ago
    IIRC, this is happening because of the complete internal rewrite - the relevant APIs to expose to extensions simply don't exist yet, and they're implementing them to get the most-wanted extensions available first.
    - fl0wenol 6y ago
      They could use better messaging on this so people who are on firefox precisely for this reason don't think that something has fundamentally changed. A statement along the lines of "We're working with the most popular Extension creators to get up to speed on the mobile extension API" (which could mean anything) would have been better.

Kaze404 6y ago

It's more nuanced than that. Iirc they're rewriting the way extensions are handled internally on Firefox for Android, making only certain extensions available initially. Feel free to look more into it for more precise information, this is all public.

coldpie 6y ago

They're pushing out the upgrade to everyone soon, and it only supports certain, whitelisted extensions. https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/firefox-android-new-features/ https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/firefox-android-new-feature...

WrtCdEvrydy 6y ago
Sideload the last working version with full extension support?
pbhjpbhj 6y ago
Sorry, but wtf??? "3. Extension-ready This update will initially include support for one of the most popular extensions on Android, uBlock Origin. Additional extensions will be supported in subsequent releases so you can customize and expand your mobile browsing experience even more." Why has Moz turned in to this almost fascist company all of a sudden. Like, what? Kill all but whitelisted extensions, which users asked for that? Let me guess, there'll be an accidental reset of people's config to enable them to be auto-updated and then there extensions will stop working ... I wouldn't put it passed then to then have already secured control over uBlock and we'll have unlockable ads before you know it. Hope I'm wrong.
- whelming_wave 6y ago
  IIRC, this is happening because of the complete internal rewrite - the relevant APIs to expose to extensions simply don't exist yet, and they're implementing them to get the most-wanted extensions available first.
  - fl0wenol 6y ago
    They could use better messaging on this so people who are on firefox precisely for this reason don't think that something has fundamentally changed. A statement along the lines of "We're working with the most popular Extension creators to get up to speed on the mobile extension API" (which could mean anything) would have been better.