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> Of course, Firefox also broke extensions on Android for several years Hmm, I didn’t really notice that. (I’m using Fennec F-Droid though, but it’s pretty clo
by notpushkin 2y ago
> Of course, Firefox also broke extensions on Android for several years
Hmm, I didn’t really notice that. (I’m using Fennec F-Droid though, but it’s pretty close to the official Firefox build, with only a few minor tweaks.)
Could you tell me more about what was broken for you?
- Zak 2y agoFor several years, only "recommended" extensions could be installed, and the number available was extremely limited. Over time, some workarounds showed up, but broad extension support was absent from mid 2019 to late 2023. Third party builds differed, of course.
- notpushkin 2y agoOh, yeah, you’re right. That was a shitty move, and the custom collection workaround wasn’t really nice either. I think even some Mozilla-owned extensions had to teach their users how to do that? Personally, I’d just allow installing any extensions (from AMO at least) and put a big scary warning that this is unsupported (which was the reason they gave for the whitelist approach).
- Zak 2y agoI had similar thoughts. There was never a satisfying explanation for the approach they took, which seemed more typical of Apple than an open source project.