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> Having a few specific releases that broke over time doesn't mean anyone is trying to stop you from using an older version of Firefox. Snakeoil certificates i
by cookiengineer 3y ago
> Having a few specific releases that broke over time doesn't mean anyone is trying to stop you from using an older version of Firefox.
Snakeoil certificates in Enterprise licensing might disagree with this statement, which in my opinion is pretty identical to Mozilla's approach to have control over "who is allowed to use when" of their software.
It's also not a few specific releases over time, it's all releases after Browser Extension signatures were introduced as being mandatory, which made the rest of the Browser rely heavily on their certificate management servers.
I'm not saying it's malicious intent, what I am saying is that this could've been implemented in a much better manner, which wouldn't rely on a centralized certificate signing service.
- btreecat 3y agoYeah they don't _have to require SSL_ but I think we can agree that is a worse thing given the benefits of securing extensions and validation of the server hosting them