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Re:Mozilla's midlife crisis: from web pioneer to Google's we... by danarmak on Sunday October 01, 2023 @08:32AM (#37725317)
I assume you mean extensions, not plugins. No, Chrome doesn't support extensions on android, but some Chromium reskins do.

That said, the most important extension usecase is adblocking, and with Manifest v4 and FLoC/Topics and SafetyNet/remote attestation, well...

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Re:Mozilla's midlife crisis: from web pioneer to Google's we... by bad_user on Sunday October 01, 2023 @08:39AM (#37725376)
Chrome's adblocking capabilities, introduced in Manifest v3, are (1) inspired by Safari and (2) more capable than what Safari provides.

You can track this uBlock Origin Lite issue: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/issues/52

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