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.

No 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.

Went to kiwi browser on my android phone and tablets, never looked back.

> 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.

Firefox for Android also supports extensions, including uBlock Origin: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin...