sabreW4K3 to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoMozilla Firefox Blocks Add-Ons to Circumvent Russia Censorshiptheintercept.comexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down110cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1163arrow-down1external-linkMozilla Firefox Blocks Add-Ons to Circumvent Russia Censorshiptheintercept.comsabreW4K3 to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square65fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squarekaty ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·edit-25 months agobecause it’s either do that or block all of firefox from existing in russia. besides it’s not really a big deal since firefox can install extensions outside of mozilla add-ons. the intercept is just sensational trash.
minus-squareRose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·5 months agoInstagram is banned and blocked in Russia but it hasn’t stopped the people from using it at all.
minus-squarejohn89@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI disagree with that. Surely there is someone, somewhere who is unable or deterred from using Instagram in Russia because of the ban.
minus-squarevoxel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months ago firefox can install extensions outside of mozilla add-ons release builds cannot and all extensions not signed by Mozilla will refuse to install
minus-squareazuth@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·5 months agoThe addons on the store are signed and you can install them from an xpi file in regular Firefox. Try it.
minus-squareRandomGen1@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agoOn mobile that may be the case, but on desktop you can definitely install extensions not signed by Mozilla
minus-squarevoxel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-25 months agoonly until restart. to load unsigned extensions persistently, you must use nightly or developer edition and enable a hidden config flag.
minus-squareRandomGen1@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoWithout a nightly or dev version I’m running bypass paywalls clean from github, persistently on the latest Firefox desktop release. I do not believe it’s signed by Mozilla, but I could be wrong
minus-squareRandomGen1@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoOnly reasonable explanation I can come up with is that I installed it before this requirement was made and my install is grandfathered in
because it’s either do that or block all of firefox from existing in russia.
besides it’s not really a big deal since firefox can install extensions outside of mozilla add-ons. the intercept is just sensational trash.
Instagram is banned and blocked in Russia but it hasn’t stopped the people from using it at all.
I disagree with that.
Surely there is someone, somewhere who is unable or deterred from using Instagram in Russia because of the ban.
release builds cannot and all extensions not signed by Mozilla will refuse to install
The addons on the store are signed and you can install them from an xpi file in regular Firefox.
Try it.
On mobile that may be the case, but on desktop you can definitely install extensions not signed by Mozilla
only until restart.
to load unsigned extensions persistently, you must use nightly or developer edition and enable a hidden config flag.
Without a nightly or dev version I’m running bypass paywalls clean from github, persistently on the latest Firefox desktop release. I do not believe it’s signed by Mozilla, but I could be wrong
Only reasonable explanation I can come up with is that I installed it before this requirement was made and my install is grandfathered in
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