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Wanted to share the libredirect Firefox plugin, for abandoning Youtube. (libredirect.github.io)

submitted 11 months ago by SamVergeudetZeit@feddit.de to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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This is a plugin I found recently and really enjoy. It gives you the opportunity to redirect several webpages to alternatives. For example Youtube to FreeTube or Piped. If I search for youtube in Firefox, FreeTube automatically opens and shows me my feed. I like it, I use it, I can recommend it.

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[–] azdle@news.idlestate.org 26 points 11 months ago (16 children)

I keep thinking about installing this, but the required permissions seem a bit excessive:

This add-on needs to:

Input data to the clipboard

Access your data for all websites

Anyone know if the 'All Access' permission is really required for what this is doing? It just feels wrong. There isn't some sort of "Control Navigation for These Domains" that it could request for each enabled site or something is there?

[–] loobkoob@kbin.social 15 points 11 months ago (7 children)

"Access your data for all websites" is important because otherwise it doesn't know what domain you're on in the first place.

[–] shaolin_shrimp@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Shouldn’t it just require access to i.e. YouTube.com and not a blanket everything? This is what other extensions do.

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It can redirect a dozen other services too

[–] Aatube@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Just add them to the list. They have to code separate rules anyway.

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