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> Isn't this exactly the kind of user-hostile behavior open source is supposed to prevent? What part of behavior is user-hostile?

• Karunamon 8y ago
  Preventing the user from installing whatever they choose, for starters.
  • kbumsik 8y ago
    > for starters. It is not only for starter but for the whole platform ecosystem. It is not even user-hostile. It is just to prevent "Nah forget Firefox add-on market, just install this file" fragmentation. Firefox add-on platform is already much smaller than Google chrome (of course). I wouldn't be happy if the market got even smaller because of the fragmentation. And Firefox already allows us to install whatever we want in dev/nightly version, for hackers. So I don't see any problems here.
    • anoncake 8y ago
      What? There is no requirement to offer your add-on on AMO.
      • Karunamon 8y ago
        No, just a requirement that you submit your addon for signing, submit to a separate agreement[1], and their policies[2] (which has separate sub-politics about data usage), regardless of whether you offer it on AMO or not. [1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/AMO/Policy/Agreement https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/AMO... [2]:https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/AMO/Policy/Reviews https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/AMO...