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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by antoineMoPa on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @06:22PM (#18973835)
Well now Firefox will have ad blocking plugins that works and Chrome will not.
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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by klardotsh on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @02:40AM (#18976439)
We'll see how long it lasts.

Firefox has mostly strived, in the Quantum era, to stay mostly-ish compatible with Google's interpretation of WebExtensions, from what I can tell.

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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by AsyncAwait on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @05:39AM (#18977178)
They do have some parts that are Firefox-exclusive. This is an easy advantage to have over your competition practically for free. I hope they see that.
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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by throwaway2048 on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @10:13AM (#18978760)
Judging by how mindlessly mozilla has been copying chrome anti-features, expect this in firefox too.
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