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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by jasonkostempski on Saturday February 18, 2017 @01:00PM (#13675808)
Is it still true you can't do extensions for Chrome on Android? If so, they should just do a commercial showing you can use uBlock Origin with it. That could get a good chunk to move on Android and if they use it there they might switch on desktop too.
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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by shandor on Saturday February 18, 2017 @02:46PM (#13676342)
Definitely. This is exactly the reason I switched from Chrome ro Firefox. I mean, when I'm on mobile it's even more important than on desktop that I have my adblocker in place, as both bandwidth and screen estate are more limited.
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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by pjmlp on Saturday February 18, 2017 @03:04PM (#13676414)
Most people, aka normal users, don't care for extensions other than themes, if at all.

So I doubt it would get any new users other than geek folk.

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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by jasonkostempski on Saturday February 18, 2017 @04:34PM (#13676821)
I'm not talking about showing off extension support, just ad blocking. I hate extensions myself, I wish content blocking with white listing was just built right into the browser which is that last real feature any browser needs. Once people get a few weeks with a good ad blocker they won't ever go back. After that, if they use a browser without it, they'll think they have a virus.
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