• voxel
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    217 days ago

    firefox can install extensions outside of mozilla add-ons

    release builds cannot and all extensions not signed by Mozilla will refuse to install

    • azuth
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      416 days ago

      The addons on the store are signed and you can install them from an xpi file in regular Firefox.

      Try it.

    • @RandomGen1@lemm.ee
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      217 days ago

      On mobile that may be the case, but on desktop you can definitely install extensions not signed by Mozilla

      • voxel
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        17 days ago

        only until restart.
        to load unsigned extensions persistently, you must use nightly or developer edition and enable a hidden config flag.

        • @RandomGen1@lemm.ee
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          117 days ago

          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

            • @RandomGen1@lemm.ee
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              216 days ago

              Only reasonable explanation I can come up with is that I installed it before this requirement was made and my install is grandfathered in