Linux distros don't handle all of the updates, such as add-ons or tracking protection blacklists. Having an option to disable them would be a footgun. Such "ra

Linux distros don't handle all of the updates, such as add-ons or tracking protection blacklists. Having an option to disable them would be a footgun. Such "radio silence" serves no useful purpose to normal users, but can make the browser appear buggy, e.g. if tracking protection broke a site, and you wouldn't get a fixed blacklist in a timely manner. Someone has to host these dynamic components, and the browser has to get them somehow. IMHO it's way better if they're fetched straight from Mozilla that has strong privacy policy and a good reputation to uphold, rather than from some rando free distro mirror.