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YouTube Shorts Firefox Extension

Earlier this month I tried my hand at making a Firefox extension. Firefox Extension I found myself in need of a Firefox extension that redirects YouTube Shorts to their respective “watch” pages. From "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/<video-id>" to "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<video-id>". I decided to tackle this issue myself rather than searching for an existing extension. This gave me an opportunity to learn about Firefox extensions and how they’re created. What I ended up with definitely isn’t my best work but it does the job and I now have a much better understanding of how Firefox extensions are structured and what permissions they require.