Reducing the API surface is also a way to improve privacy, and I also see many ways in which you could do this, e.g. by not revealing the path (or at least the

Reducing the API surface is also a way to improve privacy, and I also see many ways in which you could do this, e.g. by not revealing the path (or at least the query part) of the URL to extensions. It's entirely doable and most extensions can work fine without knowing every single URL you open. Apple, Google & FB have all shown that this approach works to improve privacy (not that I want to endorse them here as privacy champions), so why should that not work in the browser? You can also have an officially sanctioned distribution channel like an app store and still retain the ability to install any software you want. The problem as I see it is that Mozilla provides a free distribution and marketing platform for malicious actors via their extension store, and I think this is in violation of their principles (especially principle 4) because it nullifies most of the security features that their browser offers. It's like putting up a 10-feet reinforced concrete wall to protect your house from intruders and then leaving the backdoor wide open. I really don't want to argue about this here, I just find they're not doing the right thing and I find it sad, because I care a lot about privacy and I think recently Mozilla just took some bad decisions regarding that.