Add Extension Support for Android version of Edge browser

MaryB This currently has the largest number of votes on the new Edge feedback portal. I look forward to finding out if this is planned.

MaryB 

I'm pretty sure you're my internet twin. For years now you always appear in the same topics, at the same time, with the exact same thoughts.

It started with trying to get Microsoft to implement Tracking Protection Lists (TPL) from Internet Explorer into legacy Edge (luckily legacy Edge had extension support and extension developers like Nik Rolls). Now, probably around 7 years later, we're using Firefox on Android for it's extension support.

The problem is, although Edge for Android comes with Adblock Plus, an ad blocker is not just necessary for ads and trackers now-a-days, but also because websites have become so obnoxious and hostile towards their visitors. Twitter is one example, but at this point I think the way websites have decided to implement GDPR pop-ups and other nags, they have become more obnoxious than ads themselves.

With uBlock Origin and the native blocker built into Brave browser, it allows users to use both custom rules and also third-party lists to make the web half useable, which is something lacking with the one built into Edge for Android (even Internet Explorer 9 which came out in 2011 had this).

After using uBlock Origin on Firefox for Android with the "Adguard Annoyances" list enabled, it's really not a nice experience trying to use Edge on mobile again and getting hit with a barrage of GDPR banners, etc..

Mind you, once support for Manifest V2 is removed from Chromium browsers, then I think uBlock Origin users will likely move to either Brave or Firefox anyway. No-one is going to tolerate the web in it's current form after being used to using uBlock Origin.  However, I'm not sure what Enterprise users who have deployed uBlock Origin through Group Policy will do though – they will become a bit unstuck…