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Firefox axes add-ons, developer pushes back
- bmpafa 8y agotitle is a little clickbait-y. Firefox didn't "axe add-ons" (ie, the add-ons isn't going away): > Mozilla has wiped 23 extensions from its directory of Firefox browser add-ons after finding what it says were inappropriate functions in the code.
- grawprog 8y agoIt then goes on to say: >Going further still, engineers disabled the add-ons in users’ browsers, effectively wiping them from the entire ecosystem. Which does make the title seem fairly appropriate.
- jamesgeck0 8y agoMozilla's complaint is that a developer's privacy policy is the only place where it is mentioned that an add-on performs extensive data collection. The developer's response implies that there might be legal consequences if they disclosed it elsewhere without using proper language. What legal issues could the developer worried be about?