Comment on Firefox to become first mobile browser to support desktop extensions later this year
hotwarioinyourarea@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
But didn’t it used to support desktop extensions on mobile before the redesign about 3 years ago? Also, hasn’t Kiwi had extensions for like 6 years?
ladel@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Yeah, it definitely did. Then they all broke suddenly. I even ditched firefox for a while because of that.
radix@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That was definitely the most infuriating thing they’d done with the browser. The whole project started decades ago with a simple plan: make the most bare-bones browser, and let people customize it with any extensions they wanted. Then all of a sudden, it turned into having <10 approved extensions, and fuck your customization.
It’s gotten much better over time since then, but damn if there weren’t a few really bad years.
sramder@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think they went evil because letting google pay 80% of your bills isn’t really tenable… but some incredibly boneheaded decisions. Instead of offering their own suite of privacy focused products they tried to cram pocket down everyone’s throats.
I love Firefox but they have made some crushingly bad calls over the years.
notasandwich1948@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
you still can get them, they are just hidden