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As if we needed yet another reminder Firefox doesn't respect its users' extension choices, after their crippling of Firefox Mobile and the earlier expired certi
by causi 3y ago
As if we needed yet another reminder Firefox doesn't respect its users' extension choices, after their crippling of Firefox Mobile and the earlier expired certificate debacle.
- Vt71fcAqt7 3y agowhy is this downvoted? They literaly don't care about their users at all, in any sense. Major features that chrome has for years are ignored in now decades long bug reports while they continue to add google telemetry and waste all the money google gives them on VPNs, pocket and now AI. Is there any other open source project that does this? They are a project, not a comapny. They don't need to pay millions of dollars to a CEO so they can catch the AI train they just need to be a web browser. I used to use violentmonkey to fix websites that I don't like for various reasons. After they rewrote firefox mobile they tried to and mostly succeeded in getting rid of extensions, which IIRC they claimed they didn't know people cared so much about. Now you need a firefox account and firefox nightly (with even more telemetry) to use perfectly working extensions which aren't included in their whitelist. In what way does this show respecting its users' extension choices?
- BaseballPhysics 3y ago> why is this downvoted? They literaly don't care about their users at all, in any sense. Because comments like this add nothing to the discourse. They're angry opinions that serve only to attract controversy. I'd call it flamebait except I do think the comments are made in good faith, even if they aren't constructive or particularly interesting.
- causi 3y agoMultiple Firefox developers have commented in posts about Firefox. They read HN. I remind them that their choices are still causing grief to their users, at least as long as Firefox has any users left.
- throw16180339 3y agoI downvoted because it's snarky and doesn't mention the topic at all.