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>Chrome's reviewal process is really nice. It usually takes <30 minutes. Nice for the extension developer, but there's a reason for Mozilla's longer review pro
by Sylos 9y ago
>Chrome's reviewal process is really nice. It usually takes <30 minutes.
Nice for the extension developer, but there's a reason for Mozilla's longer review process. They actually sit down human beings to look over the code and that makes all the difference in keeping AMO clean from malware.
- ChrisSD 9y agoCase in point, a recent phishing attack on Chrome extension developers: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/08/after-phishing-attacks-chrome-extensions-push-adware-to-millions/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/08/after...
- chris_wot 9y agoWon't this just decentralise add-on distribution away from the Firefox add-ons store?
- toyg 9y agoMost people never install any extension from third-party sites. As long as Firefox keeps the search features as they are, very few will ever venture outside addons.mozilla.org.