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minus-squarevoxellinkfedilink2•6 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-squareazuthlinkfedilinkEnglish4•6 months agoThe addons on the store are signed and you can install them from an xpi file in regular Firefox. Try it.
minus-square@RandomGen1@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•6 months agoOn mobile that may be the case, but on desktop you can definitely install extensions not signed by Mozilla
minus-squarevoxellinkfedilink3•edit-26 months agoonly until restart. to load unsigned extensions persistently, you must use nightly or developer edition and enable a hidden config flag.
minus-square@RandomGen1@lemm.eelinkfedilink1•6 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-square@RandomGen1@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•6 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
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