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Firefox should worry more with core browser, standards, speed, security, bugs... And less with implementing things that already exist as addons

• stuartd 4y ago
  Browser add-ons require permissions which you might not want to grant to arbitrary code. And anyway, it’s a truism that products can and will absorb add-ons into their code (cf ‘Sherlocked’)
  • guilhas 4y ago
    They can spend time absorbing whatever they want, just make sure first you have a capable browser, that can be competitive, maybe absorb some market share from other Chromes. Instead of being a constant crippleware that we just barely tolerate, with half cooked "nice" to haves If you don't trust, don't install. Maybe don't install anything on your machine just to be safe Firefox can improve their addons security audit, their addons website to help users make a choice... absorbing addons seems like wasting time
  • boltzmann-brain 4y ago
    What is Sherlocked? I searched around on Google, but I couldn't figure out what you were referring to.
    • stuartd 4y ago
      This - https://www.howtogeek.com/297651/what-does-it-mean-when-a-company-sherlocks-an-app/ https://www.howtogeek.com/297651/what-does-it-mean-when-a-co...