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the fact that it cannot do a lot of untrustworthy things under the new v3 policy, like remote execute code, that is literally the point.
by Barrin92 3y ago
the fact that it cannot do a lot of untrustworthy things under the new v3 policy, like remote execute code, that is literally the point.
- postalrat 3y agoThe point is to neuter extensions to the point where they can't effectively block ads.
- pritambaral 3y agoCan uBOL be autoupdated to a v2 extension? That would negate this point.
- tech234a 3y agoIt would only partially negate the point. Any new permissions would trigger a prompt for the user to accept the additional permissions before installing the update. Also there is some aspect of human review for updates to extensions on the Mozilla Addons site.
- pgeorgi 3y agoAt that point it would request the global "read and modify all sites" permission, which makes it kinda obvious.