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minus-squareRailcar8095linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·6 months agoFor 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
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