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by Tharre 3452 days ago
> * Chrome hasn't embraced the WebExtensions specification (I'd love to be wrong on this).

I'm by no means an expert on this, but aren't WebExtensions based on the chrome extension API? Says pretty much that on the developers page[0] of Mozilla as well.

[0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions

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Yes. But according to wiki.mozilla.org on WebExtensions [0]:

We strive for compatibility to make developers lives easier and are participating in a W3C community group to work on a standard.

Although Chrome is by no means obligated to, it would be nice to see a company such as Google—that claims to support openness on the Internet—adopt this more open standard. (That is, "browser.storage.local" instead of "chrome.storage.local").

[0] https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebExtensions/FAQ#Are_they_compatib...