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Chrome for Android doesn't have extensions, but Edge now has a whole store
Microsoft edge's latest build version 134.0.3124.57, just added a whole new web-store for Android user unlike google.
Extensions are great for adding a tiny bit of functionality to a browsing experience without dedicating an entire app to run in the background. For instance, some users like to use VPNs securely tied in from the browser itself rather than running the full-scale app.
- cft 2y agoAre they also banning uBlock v2 though?
- newaccountlol 2y agoNo adblockers though. Edge for mobile does have a built-in adblocker, but there is no customizable blocklists or transparency on what is being blocked, so Microsoft could give blocklist exemptions to their own ad service while blocking Google's, for example.
- josefritzishere 2y agoThey don't want us to block ads? Shocking.
- liviux 2y agoWent to kiwi browser on my android phone and tablets, never looked back.
- xigoi 2y agoIsn’t it unmaintained?
- gruez 2y agoApparently it got discontinued, because extension support got merged to edge? https://old.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1i86ybn/kiwi_browser_is_officially_discontinued/ https://old.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1i86ybn/kiwi_brows...
- datavirtue 2y agoI looked up kiwi browser on Play Store...they do not want you to do that. Kiwi is buried down the list below Edge, and they try to sell you Firefox.
- j_maffe 2y agoBecause it's been shelved.
- datavirtue 2y agoNot sure what I just installed, then.
- xnx 2y agoGlad Kiwi is still available. The other has said the project is abandoned and there will be no further update. I'm going to keep using it as long as I can and hope something better comes along.
- myko 2y agoVivaldi here on Desktop as well
- lxgr 2y ago> Extensions are great for adding a tiny bit of functionality to a browsing experience without dedicating an entire app to run in the background. And a great way to give permission to read and modify all websites you visit to something that should really better be an isolated application. I would really not consider web extensions an alternative to standalone apps. In my security model, they inhabit the opposite corner. > some users like to use VPNs securely tied in from the browser itself rather than running the full-scale app This might be a mistake, for example. A VPN app runs sandboxed on mobile OSes (and many VPN types are supported by OSes natively so there's no need for an app in the first place), so it can't get access to website data (if HTTPS is used), whereas a web extension usually can.
- xboxnolifes 2y ago> And a great way to give permission to read and modify all websites you visit to something that should really better be an isolated application. Then don't do that. Give them permission to only read specific sites, or even no access if they don't need it.
- lxgr 2y agoIf only that were possible! Manifest V2 doesn't even support fine-grained permissions like that (they have to statically declare all sites they ever want to access at build time, and users have to accept all of them at install time). Manifest V3 is better and offers a dynamic API to request more permissions on a per-site basis, but it's still not perfect – for example, Chrome presents the "proxy" permission as "read and change data on all websites", so as a user, I have no idea if a VPN extension just wants the proxy permission, or write permissions to every site I visit.
- heraldgeezer 2y agoGood for work with Office 365 and all. But Firefox Nightly (has tabbed interface on tablet) + ublock origin is the best experience on an Android phone/tablet IMO. Not as fast as Chromium based browsers, but it is worth it for adblocking, block autoplay, extensions for youtube etc.
- 13rac1 2y agoFirefox for Android also supports extensions, including uBlock Origin: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin...
- lxgr 2y agoI really wish it would support them for iOS as well. It’s very hard given the constraints, but apparently not impossible, since Orion manages to run at least some web extensions.
- CryptoBanker 2y agoKagi browser on iOS somehow supports both Firefox and Chrome extensions
- lxgr 2y agoOrion is Kagi's browser :) Yes, I'm very impressed by their extension support!
- inquirerGeneral 2y agoThat's nice, but everybody already knew that and no one cares about Firefox, terrible browser
- sva_ 2y agoI recently found out that on Firefox Android you can install an extension from file by activating developer options. This allows you to install Bypass Paywalls Clean even though Mozilla sadly pulled it from the extension store.
- p1mrx 2y agoSeems less sketchy to use uBlock Origin with bypass-paywalls-clean-filters... at least then you're not directly adding executable code, though I'm not sure if uBO filter lists can be exploited.
- account-5 2y agoI'll be sticking with Firefox, it has extensions and is not owned by an advertising company.
- CharlesW 2y ago~75% of Mozilla revenue comes from Google. Edge would be a much safer bet if you don't want a browser funded primarily with ad dollars.
- lxgr 2y agoHave you used Edge? It had clippable discount coupons built-in the last time I did. No thanks.
- bmacho 2y agoI am using Edge. I don't see any discount coupons. I must have clicked a "no ads pls" buttons somewhere, but now it's good. Speaking of adware and spyware, doesn't Firefox still have Google as its default search website? They are not Google, but literally selling you to Google, that's like even worse?
- j_maffe 2y agoYou can disable that with a single button press.
- wtallis 2y agoIt takes more than one click just to get to the right settings page, and there are numerous anti-features scattered across several settings pages. Cleaning up Edge is way more than one click.
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- oefnak 2y agoThat's insane. Edge is one big ad. Have you even ever opened it? Their home page is a tabloid.
- neilv 2y agoIt's like being an unwitting member of a death cult, but your moment of clarity comes when the refreshments table doesn't have blueberry-flavored punch. So you flee... right into the welcoming tentacles of the more appealing death cult next door.
- chasil 2y agoThe moment that I see Edge in F-Droid, I will install it. That would require a submission of all of the source code, so I assume this will never happen. I would consider Edge if it showed up in FFUpdater. I don't see it there either.
- real0mar 2y agoOk
- rs186 2y agoEh, so what's the point of the comment?
- nindalf 2y agoFor all the people worried about when chasil will adopt Edge.
- chasil 2y agoTo stress that an open browser is more important than extensions on a closed browser.
- j_maffe 2y agoMore important to you
- chasil 2y ago...and to most everybody else. When Firefox misbehaves and claims it owns data from users, Firefox can be forked. Unless Microsoft intends to similarly abuse its users, Edge could be completely opened. I would only ride a fork of Edge should this not prove true.
- modzu 2y agohow the hell does anyone use a browser on their phone without a bottom address bar (a la firefox)? do i just have tiny hands??
- ewoodrich 2y agoPersonally I’ve used a Magsafe Pop Socket style grip for the last 5 years so my thumb naturally hovers over the center of the screen. Ergonomics of phones sucked in general for me as screens got bigger and bigger until I started using it.
- j_maffe 2y agoYeah that part is maddenning. I've been using a side-swippable cursor thing to reach the bar at the top.
- gausswho 2y agoYou're not alone. Boggles my mind. I'm on GrapheneOS and they still won't bring it to Vanadium so petty me sticks with Firefox.
- p1mrx 2y agoI briefly installed it, and see a list of 22 extensions, not much of a "store" right now.
- greatgib 2y agoNo one in his right mind will voluntarily ever install and use Edge on any device (desktop or mobile)...