/home/pineapplelover ( @pineapplelover@lemm.ee ) English28•5 months agoIf you figured out how to use good extensions, you’re probably on firefox anyways. The chrome extensions suck ass. Wtf is this privacy reader thing use Dark Background and Light Text. Most of them use adblock pro or something and not ublock. Chrome doesn’t even have good vertical tab extensions.
inverted_deflector ( @inverted_deflector@startrek.website ) English17•5 months agoNeat that its getting extensions but not a huge fan of edge.
e_mc2 ( @e_mc2@feddit.nl ) English13•5 months agoWho cares. If you have a shred of privacy awareness, you’d steer very clear from it.
- shiveyarbles ( @shiveyarbles@beehaw.org ) English7•5 months ago
Wtf… things we never asked for
Jz5678910 ( @Jz5678910@lemdro.id ) English9•5 months agoPersonally, I’ve been asking for this for years. Very excited to see this mostly for ublock origin. But there are a few other extensions I use daily that I’d like to have available.
ililiililiililiilili ( @ililiililiililiilili@lemm.ee ) English14•5 months agoWhy use Edge tho? If you want a browser on Android with extensions, just use Firefox. In my humble opinion: M$ anything should be avoided (unless there are specific benefits or features).
Jz5678910 ( @Jz5678910@lemdro.id ) English7•5 months agoI used to. I used Firefox as my daily browser for about 10 years. Desktop use there really isn’t any significant difference, but I find the mobile experience for edge to be better.
I check in on Firefox every six months or so, and while feature parity is mostly there, the way they implemented the features just don’t feel right? Like they’re kinda backwards sometimes? It’s hard to put into words, but they are different, and I prefer the way they function in edge.
ililiililiililiilili ( @ililiililiililiilili@lemm.ee ) English5•5 months agoGotcha. That does make sense to me. Its hard to verbalize, but Firefox does seem a bit clunkier than alternatives. Chrome on Android also runs buttery smooth. I’ll have to give Edge a try sometime. I try to keep an open mind, but I do gravitate towards open source (when it makes sense and works well).
Jz5678910 ( @Jz5678910@lemdro.id ) English1•5 months agoThat’s why I check back in every so often. I would love for it to be my main browser again, but they just have to polish those rough edges a little more.
ladfrombrad 🇬🇧 ( @ladfrombrad@lemdro.id ) English1•5 months agoThings we never asked for.
I think they’re called extensions because they are an extension of what the original product, intended?
Feel free to correct my confusion .
soulfirethewolf ( @soulfirethewolf@lemdro.id ) English3•5 months agoIt’s nice to see another Android browser follow Mozilla’s steps and implement extensions. Though I strongly doubt Google is ever going to follow. Chrome not having extensions (or an ad blocker, at minimum with history and bookmark synchronization) on mobile is the main reason I don’t use it anywhere.