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Giving up the security and ease of auto update seems like a huge trade off
by eli 5y ago
Giving up the security and ease of auto update seems like a huge trade off
- superkuh 5y agoYeah, I really wish they'd allow auto-update for the unbranded builds. Now I just do it manually, often. But with the profiles being the same it's not too bad. It's much better than having to ask Moz every time I tweak an extension.
- fabrice_d 5y agoIt's not disallowed: you can setup your own (even local) update server and point to it, but it's a bit of an undocumented chore. Depending on you OS, it may be easier to eg. use an apt repo if you are running a Debian derivative.
- superkuh 5y agoSure. It's technically possible for me to re-make Mozilla's infrastructure with a great effort. But what I mean is, Mozilla doesn't want to provide support (like security updates) or services for their browser unless they completely control it. Probably the argument is that this prevents ignorant users from accidentally downloading unbranded and accidentally installing some malware extension and blaming FF brand for it. But it's about branding and perception far more that security or resources.