> If Mozilla comes out with something that changes content without user's choice, I'm willing to bet HN will justifiably be up in arms. They did, and HN was up

> If Mozilla comes out with something that changes content without user's choice, I'm willing to bet HN will justifiably be up in arms. They did, and HN was up in arms. Did everyone forget the blowback from their cross-promotion deal with USA for Mr. Robot? https://beta.techcrunch.com/2017/12/15/mozillas-mr-robot-promo-backfires-after-it-installs-firefox-extension-without-permission/ https://beta.techcrunch.com/2017/12/15/mozillas-mr-robot-pro... That wasn't even an integrated part of the browser, it was more a case of bad defaults with an auto-installed plugin and HN was (rightly) quite pissed off with them for it. This is different IMO, this is changing how a website is rendered, not really very different at all than an adblocker which are already generally accepted.