Toward a "modern" Emacs - First Steps [LWN.net]

Toward a "modern" Emacs - First Steps

Posted Oct 8, 2020 19:33 UTC (Thu) by markjanes (guest, #58426)
In reply to: Toward a "modern" Emacs - First Steps by loox
Parent article: Toward a "modern" Emacs

> Are you telling me that Firefox isn't free software? What about vim? VLC? I can run these apps, as well as plenty of other free software, on iPad.

I was surprised to find out that Firefox is prevented from running add-ons when running on iOS. For example, you cannot install adblock or extensions to ensure your browsing privacy.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-ons-firefox-ios

Firefox as implemented on iOS is not free, because I am not free to run it in the manner that I choose.

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Toward a "modern" Emacs - First Steps

Posted Oct 9, 2020 13:51 UTC (Fri) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link]

Well, Firefox (or any browser really) on iOS is just a reskinned Safari. So you get syncing at least. But without the actual engine, how many add-ons actually work? But doing a vetted list of add-ons makes sense to me there. They seem to be doing something similar on Android too. For example, uBlock Origin works on Android, but Intention has not yet been allowed (I presume they do some performance metrics to avoid churning needless battery?). I also assume that they're using metrics to figure out which ones to focus on first.