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frongt@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

True, but I’m not sure that an extension would have the necessary access to manipulate the browser like that. I don’t think it should. A malicious extension could do horrible things.

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woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I’m not sure that an extension would have the necessary access to manipulate the browser like that.

I don’t know if they still do but they used to have. That, however, is something to discuss with the genius decision makers at Mozilla who decide to break extension APIs every couple of years. Firefox on Android still hasn’t recovered from last time.

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