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Open extensions on Firefox for Android debut December 14 (but you can get a sneak peek today) (blog.mozilla.org)

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Starting December 14, 2023, extensions marked as Android compatible on addons.mozilla.org (AMO) will be openly available to Firefox for Android users.

“We’ve been so impressed with developer enthusiasm and preparation,” said Giorgio Natili, Firefox Director of Engineering. “Just a few weeks ago it looked like we might have a couple hundred Android extensions for launch, but now we can safely say AMO will have 400+ new Firefox for Android extensions available on December 14. We couldn’t be more thankful to our developer community for embracing this exciting moment.”

In anticipation of the launch of open extensions on Android, we just added a link to “Explore all Android extensions” on AMO’s Android page to make it easy to discover new content. And just for fun and to offer a taste of what’s to come, we also released a couple dozen new open extensions for Android. You can find them listed beneath the Recommended Extensions collection on that AMO Android page. Try a few out!

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[-] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

So I can run uBlock origin on Firefox for Android? That'd be great. On desktop I am running LibreWolf. I hope one day I can run such Firefox versions on Android.

[-] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 30 points 9 months ago

Firefox for android has supported ublock origin for ages

[-] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 5 points 9 months ago

It does? thanks for letting me know, was not aware of this. I've been using DuckDuckGo privacy browser because I like to rely on the F-droid app store and sadly Firefox is not available there.

[-] Zadeis@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

If you install fennec from f-droid it's the same thing as Firefox and provided by Mozilla.

[-] rImITywR@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Mull is an other good option, and available from f-droid.

[-] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Switched to Mull first but it's rather buggy on my device. Been using Fennec now and I really like it! Thanks for the recommendations

[-] fionafinitus@beehaw.org 6 points 9 months ago

Mull is a (privacy tuned) fork of Firefox for Android, supports ublock origin and is on F-Droid. I've used it for a long time. Highly recommended.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 9 months ago

Firefox on Android should be opened up entirely. Right now I use Mull which is mostly free

[-] Audacity9961@feddit.ch 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Unless I am misunderstanding you, it is, on Dec 14.

Extensions just have to specify they are compatible.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -2 points 9 months ago

I was talking about the source code for the browser

[-] Audacity9961@feddit.ch 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It is opensource. The only thing that aren't are some required Google Play libraries for notifications and the EME - Firefox can't make those open as it doesn't control them.

https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-android

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -3 points 9 months ago

That's not enough. I want something that doesn't have any non-free software, period. It would be one think if it was just a matter of removing some notification libraries but the proprietary software is so tightly integrated that even Mull isn't completely free

[-] rustyriffs@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

This should be fun :)

[+] DangerousInternet@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

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[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago

that depends entirely on which extensions are enabled

[-] Audacity9961@feddit.ch 7 points 9 months ago

Definitely, along with the specs of your phone.

[-] MrOtherGuy@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Also, with mv3 extensions, the extensions that are not actively doing some work are not really "running" in the first place but are just waiting for some event to happen that they have previously told Firefox to inform them about, but there isn't any persistent execution context that is constantly running.

I believe one reason why extension support was not-fully enabled earlier was because mv2 extensions required persistent background context for each extension and that could cause issues if Android just decided to kill that process. But with mv3 the extensions are required to be able to be suspended and then woken up on demand.

[-] kevincox@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Yup, most well written extensions will be basically free on modern hardware, even a phone.

...unfortunately well written code is rare in the modern world.

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