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Forgive my ignorance, but couldn't this be done as an extension? (Maybe even withing uBlock Origin itself, if they were to add an option?) Or do extensions not

Forgive my ignorance, but couldn't this be done as an extension? (Maybe even withing uBlock Origin itself, if they were to add an option?) Or do extensions not have access to these settings?

yosamino 5y ago
This is exactly the sort of thing one might expect an extension to be able to to, but since the move to web-extensions many of these things aren't possible. For example, you can't change user settings from an extension. Or install other extensions.
- anonymousnotme 5y ago
  That is part of why FF is having user drops. There should be a way to easily set a bunch of preferences in bulk for privacy/security or whatever one wants.
  - tristor 5y ago
    However, the same is true for all other browsers as well as most are forked from Chromium and also use the web extensions API. What other browser provides more control via extensions? This seems like it's not a reason for users to drop.
    - account42 5y ago
      > This seems like it's not a reason for users to drop. It's means people have one less reason for sticking with firefox and means more people will stick with what comes with the OS / what google advertises everywhere / what works better with their favorite websites.
NoGravitas 5y ago
They don't. But honestly, it would be easy enough to have a script/program run to fix the settings while Firefox is not running.