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"Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable"

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552 points freedomben | 2 comments | 11 Oct 24 14:20 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Kelteseth ◴[11 Oct 24 14:26 UTC] No.41809748[source]▶
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
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varun_ch ◴[11 Oct 24 14:40 UTC] No.41809875[source]▶
Chrome to Firefox is a relatively easy switch, especially for those that don’t depend on Google sync. The main sources of friction for me were the lack of a good profile switching UI (solved with a browser extension that mimics the Chrome menu), and weird security requirements for homemade extensions (IIRC if you want to have the extension persist after restarting Firefox, you need to sign the extension, which is a pain)

For users switching from Arc, there is no good alternative, but Firefox with Sidebery and custom CSS comes close.

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1. nalinidash ◴[11 Oct 24 15:46 UTC] No.41810515[source]▶
Profile is already available in Firefox(before chrome implemented it). Details on how to use it: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-...

Also in chrome, multiple profiles need multiple google account(If I understand the UI correctly)connected, but in Firefox no account is needed.

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2. wtallis ◴[11 Oct 24 15:55 UTC] No.41810621[source]▶
> Also in chrome, multiple profiles need multiple google account(If I understand the UI correctly)connected, but in Firefox no account is needed.

You can use Chrome with multiple profiles by disabling the "Allow Chrome sign-in" option so that none of your browser profiles are tied to a Google account. I don't know if that option can be toggled on a per-profile basis, because I happen to prefer it off for all of my browser profiles.