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That's why there are no plugins on mobile Chrome?

by n1vz3r 6y ago

xnx 6y ago
The excess and non-obvious battery drain that can come from plugins is probably a large part of their reasoning. Fortunately, because of the openness of Chromium, you can install browsers like Kiwi browser that support extensions. Even Firefox only barely supports extensions right now on mobile.
- The_rationalist 6y ago
  Firefox has support for a lot of extensions but they removed most of the support now which is a shame. It allowed me to play YouTube on the background, a feature that make people actually pay YouTube premium music. I wonder if there's a similar extension for kiwi? Basically it just nerds to disable the page visibility and full-screen API + some tweaks
  - n1vz3r 6y ago
    just install "New pipe" from f-droid, it really rocks. Allows you to play videos in background, download video or audio - practically everything. The only issue is that it sometimes breaks when youtube changes its protocol
    - The_rationalist 6y ago
      No, New pipe can only play background videos on picture in picture which is very annoying. Is there a way to get true background playing on newpipe? BTW you should take a look at YouTube Vanced.
      - pritambaral 6y ago
        > New pipe can only play background videos on picture in picture which is very annoying. This is not the experience I have. Are you sure you're on the latest version?
        The_rationalist 6y ago
        Thanks I misused it. One actually has to touch the headphone icon which is not very accessible but it works!
- n1vz3r 6y ago
  That's after Fenix release... before that' there was plenty of supported plugins. It's only a matter of time when other plugins will support new UI. As for Chromium, I'm more than sure the battery issue is just a nice excuse to toss ad blockers out of the window.
The_rationalist 6y ago
Kiwi browser has backported them and brave browser is currently merging the kiwi browser changes. Only a matter of time before this get on the radar of Edge too

That's why there are no plugins on mobile Chrome?

by n1vz3r 6y ago

That's why there are no plugins on mobile Chrome?

xnx 6y ago

The excess and non-obvious battery drain that can come from plugins is probably a large part of their reasoning. Fortunately, because of the openness of Chromium, you can install browsers like Kiwi browser that support extensions. Even Firefox only barely supports extensions right now on mobile.

The_rationalist 6y ago
Firefox has support for a lot of extensions but they removed most of the support now which is a shame. It allowed me to play YouTube on the background, a feature that make people actually pay YouTube premium music. I wonder if there's a similar extension for kiwi? Basically it just nerds to disable the page visibility and full-screen API + some tweaks
- n1vz3r 6y ago
  just install "New pipe" from f-droid, it really rocks. Allows you to play videos in background, download video or audio - practically everything. The only issue is that it sometimes breaks when youtube changes its protocol
  - The_rationalist 6y ago
    No, New pipe can only play background videos on picture in picture which is very annoying. Is there a way to get true background playing on newpipe? BTW you should take a look at YouTube Vanced.
    - pritambaral 6y ago
      > New pipe can only play background videos on picture in picture which is very annoying. This is not the experience I have. Are you sure you're on the latest version?
      - The_rationalist 6y ago
        Thanks I misused it. One actually has to touch the headphone icon which is not very accessible but it works!
n1vz3r 6y ago
That's after Fenix release... before that' there was plenty of supported plugins. It's only a matter of time when other plugins will support new UI. As for Chromium, I'm more than sure the battery issue is just a nice excuse to toss ad blockers out of the window.

The_rationalist 6y ago

Kiwi browser has backported them and brave browser is currently merging the kiwi browser changes. Only a matter of time before this get on the radar of Edge too