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Firefox to become first mobile browser to support desktop extensions later this year (blog.mozilla.org)
submitted 1 year ago by soyagi@yiffit.net to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Source: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2023/08/10/prepare-your-firefox-desktop-extension-for-the-upcoming-android-release/

Archived version: https://archive.ph/x9dHq

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[–] NickNak@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It used to be able to support all desktop addons but they for some reason took that away a while back

[–] raptir@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The reason was they completely rewrote the mobile browser.

[–] NickNak@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I didn't know it was a mass rewrite, I just assumed they ruined the UI and features to "keep" up with mobile chrome, as most of these big tech companies do