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Ah yes, the good old walled garden approach. Not very "open", is it?

• asddubs 6y ago
  i mean I don't like it either, but I do believe them in this instance that it's mostly in service of not letting installers just sneak in a toolbar
  • dependenttypes 6y ago
    I think that this is misguided. If a malicious installer sneaks in toolbars it can also install a keylogger/send all of your data to a server/install a firefox fork with the toolbar preinstalled/etc. If anything this kind of thing only hurts the users that know what they are doing (such as someone wanting to install a 3rd party addon or someone wanting to install addons via nix).
    • notriddle 6y ago
      > If a malicious installer sneaks in toolbars it can also install a keylogger/send all of your data to a server/install a firefox fork with the toolbar preinstalled/etc. If it's totally rogue malware, sure. The toolbars, on the other hand, were coming from companies like Oracle that operated entirely within the bounds of the law.
      • dependenttypes 6y ago
        Installing a firefox fork is also within the bounds of the law.