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Chrome for Android doesn't have extensions, but Edge now has a whole store
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Re: Chrome for Android doesn't have extensions, but Edge now has a whole store
#52> 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 corn…
> 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.
Re: Chrome for Android doesn't have extensions, but Edge now has a whole store
#53Firefox for Android also supports extensions, including uBlock Origin: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin...
I built my own extension to subscibe to Hacker News comments and get automatic updates when they are updated.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/please-at-me/
It works perfectly on Firefox for Android and desktop Android.
Firefox is so awesome, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Re: Chrome for Android doesn't have extensions, but Edge now has a whole store
#54Re: Chrome for Android doesn't have extensions, but Edge now has a whole store
#55> 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 corn…
> 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.
If 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.
Re: Chrome for Android doesn't have extensions, but Edge now has a whole store
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
I 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.
Seems 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.
> uBlock Origin with bypass-paywalls-clean-filters
Cool! I didn't know that was an option.
Re: Chrome for Android doesn't have extensions, but Edge now has a whole store
#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because it's been shelved.
Not sure what I just installed, then.
Glad 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.
Re: Chrome for Android doesn't have extensions, but Edge now has a whole store
#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
I 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.
Kagi browser on iOS somehow supports both Firefox and Chrome extensions
Orion is Kagi's browser :)
Yes, I'm very impressed by their extension support!
Re: Chrome for Android doesn't have extensions, but Edge now has a whole store
#59Firefox for Android also supports extensions, including uBlock Origin: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin...
And uBlock Origin works best on Firefox.
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b...
Re: Chrome for Android doesn't have extensions, but Edge now has a whole store
#60Went to kiwi browser on my android phone and tablets, never looked back.
Isn’t it unmaintained?