A new world of open extensions on Firefox for Android has arrived

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Post by mozillamaxx » Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 7:37 PM UTC

A new world of open extensions on Firefox for Android has arrived
blog.mozilla.org

Re: A new world of open extensions on Firefox for Android has arrived

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Post by cuu508 » Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 7:45 PM UTC

SponsorBlock now works on Android, awesome!

Re: A new world of open extensions on Firefox for Android has arrived

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Post by jraph » Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 7:54 PM UTC

cuu508 wrote: post #2

SponsorBlock now works on Android, awesome!

Wow, I hadn't realized that Firefox for Android didn't have SponsorBlock until now! I'm using Firefox on the PinePhone, it's quirky as fuck but has always had SponsorBlock. I use it with Invidious.

Now, may I suggest NewPipe if you use Android? I've heard the official version refuses to implement SponsorBlock but I see there are forks with it.

Re: A new world of open extensions on Firefox for Android has arrived

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Post by pitdicker » Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 8:13 PM UTC

What was the reason Firefox for Android did not have a large repertoire of extensions from the start? Was it because of different multiprocess support?

Re: A new world of open extensions on Firefox for Android has arrived

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Post by yjftsjthsd-h » Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 8:19 PM UTC

I'm not sure about calling it a new world of open extensions, seeing as Firefox used to support running any extension you wanted and then Mozilla artificially removed that and are now patting themselves on the back for... re-enabling it? Possibly with some extra APIs to make the experience nicer? (Which in fairness is worth something; desktop extensions were wonky on mobile)