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Firefox VPN add-on needs a separate desktop app

The Firefox add-on only works after a separate desktop app is installed, and users say the add-on page never warned them about it.

Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.

23 public reports · first reported 17 November 2020 · last reported 24 February 2026

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What's going wrong

Many Firefox users who add the ExpressVPN browser add-on find it cannot connect until a full desktop application is installed on the computer.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 23 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

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