[HN Gopher] A new world of open extensions on Firefox for Androi...
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       A new world of open extensions on Firefox for Android has arrived
        
       Author : mozillamaxx
       Score  : 52 points
       Date   : 2023-12-18 19:37 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (blog.mozilla.org)
        
       | cuu508 wrote:
       | SponsorBlock now works on Android, awesome!
        
         | jraph wrote:
         | 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.
        
       | pitdicker wrote:
       | 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?
        
       | yjftsjthsd-h wrote:
       | 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)
        
       | zagrebian wrote:
       | Absolutely cannot wait for true Firefox on iPhone.
        
         | mindracer wrote:
         | Same, I've been using DuckDuckGo privacy browser and every
         | update seems to break something
        
       | jerojero wrote:
       | Nice. I needed to do so much trickery to get bypass paywalls to
       | work.
       | 
       | Now all we need is to get proper tab groups on desktop and I can
       | be fulfilled.
        
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