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Firefox for Android is adding support for 400 add-ons (liliputing.com)

submitted 2 years ago by haxor@derp.foo to c/hackernews@derp.foo

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[–] Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I remember the days when this was already possible. I installed flash in firefox on my dollar general android to read Homestuck

[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It only reverted because of the firefox quantum push in order to make the browser itself faster. Speed was the #1 reason why people jumped from firefox to chrome way back when. While you can still install addons in a roundabout way(through addon collections), none of it was outright verified it was going to work.

[–] squeakycat@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Indeed. The old firefox mobile ran very poorly.

[–] Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Yeah I installed some addons that way a while back, but like maybe two actually worked.