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The depressing truth is I can't recommend anything. Firefox soft-forks can easily allow unrestricted use of web extensions, but I haven't kept up with which one

by clipsy 2y ago

The depressing truth is I can't recommend anything. Firefox soft-forks can easily allow unrestricted use of web extensions, but I haven't kept up with which ones are popular and actively maintained so I can't recommend anything specific. If Mozilla ends up standing behind this decision I guess it'll be time to do some research.

sdk- 2y ago
You can do the same with Firefox. Simply use Beta, Dev Edition or Nightly. The first two are very stable. You just need to flip `xpinstall.signatures.required` to `false` in about:config.
- clipsy 2y ago
  I plainly stated that in my original post: > ... forcing people onto beta or developer builds to have proper control over their own software ...
  - sdk- 2y ago
    1. It was for squingz 2. No one is forcing you to use Firefox. You don't even pay for it. You should have read the Open Source license buddy.
    - clipsy 2y ago
      I'm stating my opinion, not asking for a refund.
      - artenax 2y ago
        As far as I know, installing unsigned extensions is also possible in ESR builds, in Firefox from Linux distributions, in Unbranded Builds from Mozilla (but I'm not sure if they keep older versions). In forks and in your own Firefox builds (from source).
hughesjj 2y ago
Mozilla has been problematic for a while now, both with personnel having some... strong political ideas, their governance, executive pay, product direction.... Ugh, I don't want to go back to a chromium based browser but I don't know how what other options I have at this point, short of dropping down to links/lynx/elinks ..
- WalterSear 2y ago
  I was told recently that their executives attempted to start an AI initiative without involving anyone from their data engineering team.
- smegsicle 2y ago
  what's wrong with strong political ideas, as long as they're the right ones?
  - nitrogen 2y ago
    > as long as they're the right ones? Which ones are the right ones? Yours? Mine?
  - _heimdall 2y ago
    I honestly can't tell it the was meant sarcastically. Who defines what the "right" political idea is? And do you really want to live in a society limited only to ideas that are deemed as the "right" ones by whoever has that power?
    - ulrikrasmussen 2y ago
      That's kind of how society works and why we have democracy.
      - _heimdall 2y ago
        What do you mean? Who defines the "right" political ideas in a democracy? My understanding is that a democracy would exist to allow the majority of a society to define what they want, and that in the US we have a democratic republic because our founders still didn't trust the public enough to leave decisions entirely to a majority vote of the public.

by clipsy 2y ago

sdk- 2y ago

You can do the same with Firefox. Simply use Beta, Dev Edition or Nightly. The first two are very stable. You just need to flip `xpinstall.signatures.required` to `false` in about:config.

clipsy 2y ago
I plainly stated that in my original post: > ... forcing people onto beta or developer builds to have proper control over their own software ...
- sdk- 2y ago
  1. It was for squingz 2. No one is forcing you to use Firefox. You don't even pay for it. You should have read the Open Source license buddy.
  - clipsy 2y ago
    I'm stating my opinion, not asking for a refund.
    - artenax 2y ago
      As far as I know, installing unsigned extensions is also possible in ESR builds, in Firefox from Linux distributions, in Unbranded Builds from Mozilla (but I'm not sure if they keep older versions). In forks and in your own Firefox builds (from source).

hughesjj 2y ago

Mozilla has been problematic for a while now, both with personnel having some... strong political ideas, their governance, executive pay, product direction.... Ugh, I don't want to go back to a chromium based browser but I don't know how what other options I have at this point, short of dropping down to links/lynx/elinks ..

WalterSear 2y ago
I was told recently that their executives attempted to start an AI initiative without involving anyone from their data engineering team.
smegsicle 2y ago
what's wrong with strong political ideas, as long as they're the right ones?
- nitrogen 2y ago
  > as long as they're the right ones? Which ones are the right ones? Yours? Mine?
- _heimdall 2y ago
  I honestly can't tell it the was meant sarcastically. Who defines what the "right" political idea is? And do you really want to live in a society limited only to ideas that are deemed as the "right" ones by whoever has that power?
  - ulrikrasmussen 2y ago
    That's kind of how society works and why we have democracy.
    - _heimdall 2y ago
      What do you mean? Who defines the "right" political ideas in a democracy? My understanding is that a democracy would exist to allow the majority of a society to define what they want, and that in the US we have a democratic republic because our founders still didn't trust the public enough to leave decisions entirely to a majority vote of the public.