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Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming Android release

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Re: Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming Android release

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Post by iakov »

gmerc wrote: post #159
DoingIsLearning wrote: post #113

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- They lost focus with just about every other project other than Firefox & Thunderbird which were the actual products I donated money for - They are (recently) very top heavy for a non-profit foundation and are spending non-negligible amounts of money on C-level and execs - Ideologically I disagree with them taking money with strings attached from Alphabet - (Personally) their recent trends of UX with 'dummyfication'…

So basically you want them to fund the top end engineers working on it … how?

Do you think that the funds go to the top end engineers? I'd say that most of it goes to the bloated management structure and C-level employees.

Re: Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming Android release

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Post by the_gipsy »

lapcat wrote: post #179
the_gipsy wrote: post #149

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> Can you point to an example where an extension like AdGuard would let an ad slip through? Yes, see Twitter. I have AdGuard installed on iOS and I do see ads. I do not see them when opening on Firefox desktop with uBlock Origin. If I disable uBlock then I do see them like on Safari. As I said, precompiled declarative blocking only works for the weakest of blatant ads. Of course it's "more performant and power effici…

> Yes, see Twitter. Safari content blockers aside, Safari web extensions are capable of blocking Twitter ads.

AdBlock does not, so which one does?

Re: Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming Android release

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Post by iakov »

gmerc wrote: post #157
veave wrote: post #137

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Last time it was 2 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36077360 In that thread there are a few more examples, most of them somewhat recent: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36077683

Google: Let’s put DRM in the browser, hijack the address bar, webmanifest Omg, firefox screwed me over by showing me an ad. I see. I think no further illustration needed.

Textbook whataboutism. Google is objectively evil, what that has to do with Firefox, my "user agent", showing me Disney ads?

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Post by Macha »

ReadCarlBarks wrote: post #185
Macha wrote: post #136

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consent-o-matic, tampermonkey

> consent-o-matic You don't need this. Just go to your uBlock Origin filter lists settings and enable these: * AdGuard - Annoyances * uBlock filters – Annoyances

Not the same - sites will then take your not opting out of "legitimate interest" as consent. Not valid under GDPR really, but I'm not interested in giving them any argument to stand on.

Re: Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming Android release

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Post by MaxMatti »

hadrien01 wrote: post #187
godelski wrote: post #163

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> shows tabs on top just like desktop Honestly, I hate this on the phone. But I get it. I had that initial cognitive disruption when FF did this. But once that was gone (idk, like 30 minutes?) I realized it was a lot nicer because I could actually reach the address bar and tabs without needing to stretch my hand. Or if I have a bigger phone, use a second hand. I mean there's a reason navigation buttons on the phones…

You can change the tabs and address bar positions (independently) in the Samsung Internet settings. You can also choose to display them always, on scroll, or never (for the tabs).

Same for Firefox on Android

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Post by cubefox »

junek wrote: post #104
cubefox wrote: post #80

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> the vast majority of Fennec users are obviously men Do you have any evidence to support that claim? Also the existence of women is not an "ideological slant".

> Do you have any evidence to support that claim?

Any rational prior supports it if one cares to think for a second.

> Also the existence of women is not an "ideological slant".

Nobody said so.

Re: Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming Android release

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Post by ReadCarlBarks »

Macha wrote: post #194
ReadCarlBarks wrote: post #185

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> consent-o-matic You don't need this. Just go to your uBlock Origin filter lists settings and enable these: * AdGuard - Annoyances * uBlock filters – Annoyances

Not the same - sites will then take your not opting out of "legitimate interest" as consent. Not valid under GDPR really, but I'm not interested in giving them any argument to stand on.

* The laws specify that it must be opt-in. If a site doesn't respect this, you can't expect it to respect any of your choices anyway.

* You can now also use uBlock Origin to set cookies and LocalStorage entries automatically. The annoyance lists already set opt-out cookies for sites like Google and Youtube

* Firefox has actually been isolating third-party cookies and other site data (e.g. LocalStorage) for over a year. It's pointless for you to ever be concerned about them.

Re: Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming Android release

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Post by prirai »

sfmike wrote: post #19

Would it be possible to inject chrome extensions somehow into firefox that is the final piece where some websites force to just use chrome and it's really annoying and the singular time you have to switch for their chrome based widget/extension to do that websites functionality?

You're looking for a chrome user agent. There are user agent switcher extensions on the AMO.
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