I wish… I want Dark Reader… It is a crime that most browsers don’t bundle it, a bigger crime is that websites don’t support this.
Comment on Open extensions on Firefox for Android will be available from December 14
cenariodantesco@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Will extensions be usable/ allowed on iPad? Is it… Too ambitious? 😬
kratoz29@lemm.ee 10 months ago
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Not until apple allows non-webkit browsers like an operating system would. It’s happening but I’m not sure when.
PS it can only happen because the EU forced them. that’s right, your os maker had to be forced by the government to allow basic computing functionality. Apple is shitty.
Sabata11792@kbin.social 10 months ago
ItS InNoVaTiVe and ViSiOnAry.
netchami@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
They are innovative, they always find new methods to get more and more money from their customers
Aatube@kbin.social 10 months ago
That’s not the reason; Safari and the like still support the WebExtensions API. They just require extensions to be signed, .app’d, etc and only go to Safari which is a lot.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I read this over and over and it makes no sense to me. Even if you were right, do we really think that FF extension devs are going to make and maintain a completely separate codebase for a iOS-only FF version of each extension? I highly, highly, doubt anyone would do that.
Then on top of it, yeah, maybe you’d have to kiss Apple’s ass to ever get it installed on a user’s device. In any case, Fuck apple with a cactus.
Aatube@kbin.social 10 months ago
It’s the same codebase. Safari can use extensions written for Firefox as long as you compile it into Apple format.