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I hate WebExtensions, but Mozilla has at least demonstrated a commitment to improve and expand that API instead of letting it rot like Google has. They seem to

I hate WebExtensions, but Mozilla has at least demonstrated a commitment to improve and expand that API instead of letting it rot like Google has. They seem to be adding essential features to it so I think most of the good extensions will be possible within a few releases. I still wish they hadn't crammed it down our throats before it was ready, though. Jetpack extensions worked fine.

Sylos 9y ago
They unfortunately sort of had to rush it. They needed to deprecate legacy extensions, because the majority of those are multiprocess-incompatible and they needed multiprocess to stop the bleeding of users. It's really quite visible, multiprocess was rolled out in Firefox 48 on the 2nd August 2016: https://www.netmarketshare.com/report.aspx?qprid=1&qpaf=&qpcustom=Firefox&qpcustomb=0&qpsp=202&qpnp=25&qptimeframe=M https://www.netmarketshare.com/report.aspx?qprid=1&qpaf=&qpc...