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The add-on thing could be huge, if it works out. I am tired of seeing computers riddled with spybars.

• udp 15y ago
  Yep - I was very impressed to see the update installer ask if I want to keep add-ons installed by a third party, with the default option being no.
• JoshTriplett 15y ago
  Definitely a good idea for Windows users, and possibly Macs as well (I don't know the prevalence of browser-infesting software there). On Linux, though, it promptly flagged all of the addons I had installed through the distro packaging system as "third-party addons" and wanted to disable them by default.
  • Ziomislaw 15y ago
    so it worked properly on Linux. there is no way to know whether an addon instaled 'for the whole' system was added by third party, or by package. only addons in Your home dir are considered as 'installed by you'
    • JoshTriplett 15y ago
      Except that Linux doesn't tend to suffer from the browser-infesting stealth installs common to other platforms; the case of packaged addons seems far more common and likely.
      • Ziomislaw 15y ago
        ubuntu? yes, you can unistall it, but popular distros do come with pre-installed stuff.