• wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I mean, you could install a handful of them from the add-ons menu for the last few years, and depending on which fork you used, that list expanded quite a bit, and even included all* add-ons (though many are broken) via a list-system that basically forced the install of unsupported add-ons. But FF native is supposedly nearly ready to allow a slew of, in theory, tested and compatable add-ons, so this install-from-file feature is likely to test which work. I think I remember reading that a couple hundred add-ons are going to be enabled for mobile without trickery quite soon.

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      11 months ago

      Doesn’t apple require all browsers on ios use the safari Web engine? If so, it’ll never be at parity unless Apple changes their policies

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      11 months ago

      there is a browser on ios that can use chrome and firefox add-ons. it’s called orion. i haven’t checked if it’s open source or not, but ublockorigin works pretty well on it

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    11 months ago

    What’s the catch? AFAIK, you can’t even do that on desktop without manual reactivating the add-on every restart.

    Edit: “you should be aware that you can’t use it to install unsigned add-ons. Mozilla believes they are security risks” There it is. What’s even the point of this? If you have to sign it, might as well just publish it. I want to run my own plugins without a central authority. I’ll worry about my own security.