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I was on the reddit thread when it happened - was super confused as I just updated my firefox and it happened at a very similar time frame so I assumed it was f

I was on the reddit thread when it happened - was super confused as I just updated my firefox and it happened at a very similar time frame so I assumed it was from the update I personally found the issue trivial, my main addon is ublock origin. There was a workaround using about:debugging and installing UBO on there which worked so it's not like the fix was a long process. Being committed to a single browser, if anyone was using firefox for as long as me, I can't fathom someone leaving their main browser over something like this. I haven't been using it for THAT long but what if Chrome did something like this too? Then they'd move to another browser that's not FF/Chrome?

Santosh83 7y ago
I too use only two extensions, uBlock Origin and HTTPS Everywhere and the hotfix pushed by Mozilla re-enabled them within half an hour of disabling. I do sympathise with those who apparently lost the settings of certain addons, notably Container based ones. Fortunately I always found the UX of Containers so clunky that I never bothered. Sticking with Firefox as an open competition to the browser monopoly is critical now more than ever before.
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- chappi42 7y ago
  Mozilla fine tuning some of their practices is as critical. These hn threads might give good pointers by concerned, well-meaning users.
- ntp85 7y ago
  > Sticking with Firefox as an open competition to the browser monopoly is critical now more than ever before. I think this fact cannot be emphasized enough. Or we'll have the 90s monopolized web again: "Optimized for Chrome" - not that there'd be a lack of websites already doing that as of now.
_Donny 7y ago
I have been on the tipping edge of switching from FF to another browser for a long time now. Short-lived bugs such as this one do not annoy me as much as the terrible performance of FF. It is not rare that FF uses 2 cores at full utilization all the time. I always end up installing a new browser out of anger, but I _always_ come back to FF for its great features that I have become addicted to.

Santosh83 7y ago

I too use only two extensions, uBlock Origin and HTTPS Everywhere and the hotfix pushed by Mozilla re-enabled them within half an hour of disabling. I do sympathise with those who apparently lost the settings of certain addons, notably Container based ones. Fortunately I always found the UX of Containers so clunky that I never bothered. Sticking with Firefox as an open competition to the browser monopoly is critical now more than ever before.

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chappi42 7y ago
Mozilla fine tuning some of their practices is as critical. These hn threads might give good pointers by concerned, well-meaning users.
ntp85 7y ago
> Sticking with Firefox as an open competition to the browser monopoly is critical now more than ever before. I think this fact cannot be emphasized enough. Or we'll have the 90s monopolized web again: "Optimized for Chrome" - not that there'd be a lack of websites already doing that as of now.

_Donny 7y ago

I have been on the tipping edge of switching from FF to another browser for a long time now. Short-lived bugs such as this one do not annoy me as much as the terrible performance of FF. It is not rare that FF uses 2 cores at full utilization all the time. I always end up installing a new browser out of anger, but I _always_ come back to FF for its great features that I have become addicted to.