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I'd guess even if Firefox did keep extensions unrestricted then slowly they would die away - given how much smaller the user base will be. We need some new powe
by kreetx 5y ago
I'd guess even if Firefox did keep extensions unrestricted then slowly they would die away - given how much smaller the user base will be. We need some new power to emerge in this space.
- danuker 5y agoI believe they would gain users from Chrome, where you won't be able to block ads anymore.
- dariusj18 5y agoI would certainly stop using Chrome
- skinkestek 5y agoJust do it today :-) I often have a month or more long streak between every time I have to use Ch#%!e ;-) Bonus point for devs: If it works in Firefox it usually works everywhere since Firefox had always been reasonably standard compliant.
- ddingus 5y agoRight. I really need to finish my move off chrome. I get started, and then... Thanks for saying this.
- bee_rider 5y agoIf Firefox keeps full extension capability, as a superset of Chrome's gimped implementation, then extension developers can decide how they want to handle the incompatibility. I don't really get how the extension ecosystem works anyway -- extension developers are usually just sharing something they use to be helpful/make a point, and then some tack on donations thing, right? Since nobody is doing this to get rich I suspect they won't chase marketshare.
- NewEntryHN 5y agoThere is surely a bias between users of extensions of uBlock Origin and users of Firefox. The userbase is still smaller, but maybe not enough to completely throw away development.