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> Unsigned extensions can be installed in the Developer Edition, Nightly, and ESR versions of Firefox, after toggling the xpinstall. signatures. required prefer
by vGPU 3y ago
> Unsigned extensions can be installed in the Developer Edition, Nightly, and ESR versions of Firefox, after toggling the xpinstall. signatures. required preference in about:config
So I guess not in regular?
- Wowfunhappy 3y agoExactly, not in regular, in those builds the xpinstall flag is ignored. A lot of people recommend switching to Developer Edition to use unsigned extensions, but that's aligned to the Beta update channel. There's no way to get stable releases + unsigned extensions. Whatever the security argument, I find this completely antithetical to user freedom, especially given that it's allowed in Chrome! I just can't believe that Mozilla is the one restricting their own users. (It's also news to me that unsigned extensions can be enabled in ESR, I thought it was just Nightly and Developer. That's nice I guess.)
- vGPU 3y agoAgreed, it’s definitely not in line with their stated philosophy. Sadly, Mozilla has been drifting away from it more and more lately.