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Why do add-ons become incompatible when upgrading firefox

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Mar 15, 2026454 views
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My default browser is Chrome, but when I occasionally use Firefox for whatever reason there is often an update to it. Almost every time I update Firefox some of my add-ons become incompatible. Why is that? Why doesn't this happen in Chrome?

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Fix for: Why do add-ons become incompatible when upgrading firefox

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Each addon in Firefox has setting which specifies which versions of Firefox it will work with (the presumption is that the author has tested their addon with the versions mentioned). Historically, addons typically claimed compatibility with a major …

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