Any reason to switch from Fennec?
Wont Feddec support mobile extensions in the future?
Now Brave needs to do the same and also create its own extension store
They already support uBlock origin and that’s all I need.
Dark Reader too
Whoa 🤯. Never realized this somehow. That’s awesome. No ads on mobile.
On iOS or just Android?
Oh on Android for me.
Kiwi Browser
Yep.
I’ve been using the nightly build, using the desktop extensions for a while now. It’s SO worth it. In particular, the YouTube “SponsorBlock” is super convenient.
Why not just install revanced youtube?
I have other tweaks and scripts that I have written for personal usage. Using nightly Firefox makes it so I can use those tweaks universally on desktop and phone.
While I get it, sponsors are what enable the content you watch to even exist. It’s one thing if it’s youtube ads, but those sponsors are directly partnered with and paying content creators. On the other hand, Patreon is really the best way to go for content you truly care about.
I find this take amusing. Blocking the ads means the content creator doesn’t get paid for those ads since they won’t get seen by those end users, but sponsor’s have already paid the creator for that part. Whether you watch it or not the money has already changed hands, all it does is automate you skipping those segments.
While I agree in the short term, video analytics still come into play for future sponsorships and payouts. Do you think a sponsor will be willing to continue paying a creator if their sponsor segments receive no watch time?
I’m 100% not going to buy anything from those sponsored segments.
Also, there is a white list option for your favorite creators
Oh is there? Maybe I’ll check it out then, that’s pretty cool
Interesting bootlicker take amidst a content creator strike in Hollywood. Granted YouTube isn’t under those Unions, but the power dynamics are quite similar (#YouTubeUnion)
Sponsors don’t give a shit about creators, they are just an annoying necessity for the content creator.
Why give a shit about a sponsor who doesn’t give a shit about the YouTuber you enjoy?
Do they actually lose anything from these sponsorships if you just skip that part? Because that’s basically what the addon does. I’m not sure these sponsorships go as far as looking at minutes watched or whatever, I assumed it’s a pre-agreed amount.
must be, because half of them have the sponsor segment as its own chapter in the video, making it super easy to skip. I don’t imagine they would make it as easy if they really wanted you to watch it.
I’m sure parent is totally fine being subsidized by all the people not running it.
It’s long overdue. I’ve been running Nightly to get around the shockingly limited number of addons available on Firefox for Android. Hopefully Mozzila don’t fumble the bag with this as its a great opportunity to steal users from Chrome.
I do find it funny when people talk about how few extensions are supported, when it has the best extension support of any mobile browser.
Like I get it, but still.
Relative to desktop, it is comparatively few.
Best on mobile, yes. The few they allow in FFfA stable is a tiny amount considering how many actually can work, but Mozilla arbitrarily decided they won’t allow.
It used to be able to support all desktop addons but they for some reason took that away a while back
The reason was they completely rewrote the mobile browser.
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
Maybe I’ll stop using Brave. Sounds cool af
Firefox on Android used to do this. I switched to Kiwi when they dropped it.
Have had same on my phone. Installed uBlock origin a long time ago
It has been for years, no? Or was it mobile-tagged extensions?
Limited to mobile add-ons.
This sounds huge! This may be a dumb question, but: do extensions on mobile require any special security tools that don’t already exist?
One more reason to stick with Firefox
safari has been able to do this for years
VivaldiI meant Kiwi (chromium) also uses the regular chrome web store.Also, I thought there was a previous version of Firefox Mobile that had access to the desktop add-ons site.
Firefox mobile used to have mobile add-ons but it was separate and naturally therefore more limited.
I thought add-ons were supported in ff mobile, too… I don’t use it, but I’m sure I’ve heard about it…
It supports mobile extensions but not the same desktop browser extensions
oh, I see. well, now it will, which is good
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Been using Iceraven, although it only supports a handful of extensions such as dark reader and uBlock
Kiwi already does
But not on ios…How do we get adblocking in ios?
You don’t lol. Beg Tim Apple for it.
Firefox on iOS is just safari with a Firefox logo
The weird thing is Safari has extensions
you’re buying the wrong phone. this is a limitation imposed only by apple, forcing every browser on iOS to be Safari re-skinned
