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AFAIK, about 40% of Firefox users don't have any add-ons.

• WorldMaker 10y ago
  Furthermore, the recent e10s transition was already tree shake of the long tail of ancient add-ons in terms of how many still had old bindings and used ancient versions of the NPAPI. Then there is the fact that every other browser has, or is in the process, dropped any notion of direct native add-on APIs and an increasing majority of actively developed add-ons for all browsers is now modern "Chrome-style" JS+HTML components.
  • dblohm7 10y ago
    You seem to be confusing NPAPI plugins with browser extensions. Firefox doesn't allow addons that contain binary XPCOM components anymore. Everything has to be JS, whether the addon is XPCOM based, addon SDK (JetPack) based, or WebExtensions-based. NPAPI is deprecated and is to the point where it is only used for Flash.
    • WorldMaker 10y ago
      Sorry, yes I was using NPAPI as a handwaving shorthand for both NPAPI and binary XPCOM to save time. I appreciate the extra technical detail, though. (Because technically correct is the best kind of correct.)