>That was supposed to be an honest question with an honest answer. There was no need for a snarky remark.
Well, somewhat snarky. It's still a legimate question.
Why would one "need" plugins on a mobile browser? What kind of functionality that mobile Firefox doesn't provide?
>The topic is about owning your own hardware/software combo - so having addons/customization is the definition of it.
Well, the topic is about owing your computer. Which has some merit (even though owing is a kind of a weasel word: you do own it, even if the OS enforces this or that measure. You can sell it at any time, for example, break it and nobody will ask you to return it, etc.).
So, the real topic is "doing whatever you want with your OS, with the ability to disable all checks, protections, etc, install custom everything etc".
Which I can see the appeal in some cases.
For a mobile phone what exactly is the great appeal?
There are ad blockers for Safari. There may be folks waiting to pounce with absolutely true complaints about how unsophisticated they are compared to what's possible in other browsers, but in practice they do a sufficient job.
There are certain extensions that I use on Firefox on the desktop. I would like to have some of those extensions available for my mobile device, in such a way, that I can enhance the usability of my mobile browser.
Well, somewhat snarky. It's still a legimate question.
Why would one "need" plugins on a mobile browser? What kind of functionality that mobile Firefox doesn't provide?
>The topic is about owning your own hardware/software combo - so having addons/customization is the definition of it.
Well, the topic is about owing your computer. Which has some merit (even though owing is a kind of a weasel word: you do own it, even if the OS enforces this or that measure. You can sell it at any time, for example, break it and nobody will ask you to return it, etc.).
So, the real topic is "doing whatever you want with your OS, with the ability to disable all checks, protections, etc, install custom everything etc".
Which I can see the appeal in some cases.
For a mobile phone what exactly is the great appeal?