Aside from blocking the add-ons site, they might block the update servers. Linux wouldn't be affected I think (unless they block rpm, apt... As a whole), but on windows I think it updates from Firefox servers directly.
There are probably ways around it, but it's a burden for the windows users.
https://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-get-gemini-nano-on-pixel-8-8a-3450466/
Pixel 8 pro already does. I'm not sure, but I think Samsung has something too.
Vista was going to make everybody go Linux. Then Windows 8. Then Windows 11 requirements. Then Recall....
Let's me honest. Average Joe doesn't understand or care.
Right now for 75% of users it's less work to install Linux than Windows, with all the crap people does to avoid TPM, Microsoft account, edge....
I don't know what mods it was, but I remember playing with friends in s very chill server, each doing whatever crap they wanted when suddenly we all died and our mountain base was wiped and one of them was like "I didn't cool well the nuclear reactor". Probably the most I laughed in a game, aside from cyberpunk on PS4 on release day.
Exactly. At any point and update can brick the install. If I wanted an OS that can brick itself just by updating, I would use arch.
Signed: a Bazzite user
For the time being, yes, they will support both. But V2 will only work on Firefox (and forks) and I think brave, a very small percentage of users.
So given that it will be like supporting two different extensions, I assume most extension developers will just switch to v3.
How long after most extensions are v3 until Firefox drops/stops supporting is anybodies guess.
It's actually a great example of how chromes dominant position is screwing other browsers
It's more work and will create different set of features.
So no, not crazy, but really inconvenient and for a very limited amount of users
I guess extension developers will slowly stop, unless extremely hampered.
Will there be many extensions with active development that still use V2? Either they focus on Firefox or they have two versions.
At that point, why not make ublock part of Firefox, like brave did?
To be honest, jumping off a bridge stops feeling depression... And so the other feelings.
But for real, I hope nobody did anything irreversible due to this stun.
It's still DNS level only, right? That wouldn't stop YouTube ads, or remove annoyances.
Do you have WSL installed? If so, you can install Firefox in it and launch with a GUI, but there's a massive performance penalty
I had been using Linux for home and work for the past 10 years, dual booting for games mostly (do basically only to use steam).
Recently I had to change jobs and was given a windows laptop. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that the candy crush ad is still present on corporate devices. In a $3500 workstation from a fortune 50. What the hell.
I managed to get a Mac instead. IT is still laughing about me for asking Linux instead