1000+ Firefox for Android extensions now available

The new open ecosystem of extensions on Firefox for Android launched in December with just over 400 extensions. Less than five months later we’ve surpassed 1,000 Firefox for Android extensions. That’s an impressive achievement by this developer community! It’s exciting to see so many developers embrace the opportunity to explore new creative possibilities for mobile browser customization.

What are some of your favorite new Firefox for Android extensions?

That moment when you’re stuck with safari because Apple said sideloading is dangerous 🙄

And because you chose to buy an Apple device, when Android or Linux devices are available, for cheaper even…

I bought apple devices because their software support is solid and the user interface is pretty.

But the limitations were not worth the trade off. As there are now decent alternatives and I’m no longer stuck with just android on the phone side of things anymore. There have been quite a few advancements made in the linux phone area.

I now have pixel 3a with ubuntu touch, old thinkpad with linux mint, a steam deck and gaming rig with linux nobara. I got the whole 9-yards. I will using more of linux as time goes on.

Just use Lineage OS. It is the most mature as it is based on AOSP

How’s the battery life with the 3a? I feel like the battery has degraded to hell unless you replaced it but I am curious

Apple just has better integration for a lot of things, and the UI is just so much better

The UI for playing ads and paying for music sure is great!

Don’t mind people blaming you for choosing a brand. Their ire is misplaced, it’s the company’s fault as much as it’s the consumers fault and the consumers should focus their energy in convincing companies to change their ways or loose their loyalty. This petty meaningless victim blaming helps no one.

It would help if you voted with your wallet from now on though.

Yeah I will be buying Linux devices after I run my apple stuff into the ground.

Apple limits choice/repairability and make my favourite little devs jump through hoops through draconian rules. I learned my lesson.

I just bought apple devices because their software support is pretty solid.

Honestly the reason I own and use an old iPad, it was practically the only tablet that could do what I wanted. I used a Mac mini for the better part of five years before I switched to Windows and finally Linux! (It’s ok if Linux isn’t for you)

I get the appeal, their hardware is very nice and I still wish other manufacturers matched the tolerances Apple sets for their hardware. I just can’t buy from a company behaving like that. Also good man using your hardware for as long as reasonably possible! 😁 We only have one earth after all.

Just wanted comment exactly this. Thank you!

To their credit, Safari’s extension support on iOS is reasonably good. Not like Firefox good, but compared to chrome it’s excellent!

Only of you use a IPhone

Well, that’s what you get if you choose to be treated like a child by a company

Ublock origin is the best

I do wish Mozilla would remove the proprietary parts of Firefox though

Can you list some of those, I’m curious.

DRM plugin and all the built-in cloud stuff is proprietary on the server side

(the sync can actually be self-hosted and is OSS, the DRM is third-party and proprietary)

I mean, that’s not surprising though is it? If a FOSS tool I made has an additional feature that requires my own backend to support, then there has to be a backend to support it.

The FE that uses it is still FOSS, and one could always build their own API to the specs outlined by the client.

They could OSS their server side code ofc, that’d be cool. But that also takes sometimes double the effort to do well, and keep custom tweaks and changes either separate and proprietary, or build out a complex way for them to be dynamically injected. So I don’t really blame them on that one tbh.

I couldn’t find a list but here is the source for mull

https://gitlab.com/divested-mobile/mull-fenix

Which parts of Firefox ares proprietary?

Try Fennec browser, literally Firefox with proprietary parts removed and with access to about:config. Can be found in Fdroid

https://gitlab.com/relan/fennecbuild

That’s cool but I only use a few on the mobile. Adblock origin and Bitwarden. Guess I should check out what else is out there.

https://addons.mozilla.org/android/addon/amp2html/ is another one especially useful on mobile.

That’s one of the links I followed, to realize that I already had it.

Same. Just need the extensions to make mobile browsing usable.

I’m curious what the rest of the world needs.

DarkReader and PrivacyBadger are useful too.

Consent o matic

I don’t care about cookies

Bypass paywalls

And extensions to redirect reddit, Twitter, and tiktok Links to alternative frontends

not sure how well the first two are going to work together, given that the first one clicks through the banners to deny as many cookies as possible, while the second one blocks said banners from loading.

Is there a working alternative frontend for Twitter? I haven’t visited the site since the public instances of Nitter I used went down

I keep meaning to see if SponsorBlock works on mobile now.

Also, just to confirm in case anyone’s curious: did you mean uBlock Origin?

Finally tried it, and stress-tested it with an LTT video. It works!

Is the bitwarden extension any different then just the app?

IMO not worth it unless you use a different password manager for stuff outside the browser.

I just installed a translation extension.

I use sponsorblock and just use YouTube through the browser instead of the app

DeArrow, Consent-O-Matic and uBlock are ESSENTIAL.

Consent-O-Matic

If you enable all of the u block filters I think it’ll hide all the consent banners.

For me the uBlock Origin cookie notice filters broke many sites (e.g. it feels like it is frozen, blank screen), while consent o matic just fills them out

Ublock origin is enough for me (at least for now) .,

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