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__david__
on Nov 30, 2018
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Mozilla pulls Bypass Paywalls from Firefox add-ons...
> The idea might be good. The execution is harmful to users, and they refuse to roll it back.
Howso? I've been using FF forever and I didn't notice this change…
kibwen
on Nov 30, 2018
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The fact that this benign comment is so downvoted says a lot about the sort of people who are brigading this thread.
Endy
on Nov 30, 2018
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I'm glad that all of the addons you use are the ones they've approved of and which haven't been made incompatible by any of the major breaking changes they've introduced in the last few years.
rrix2
on Nov 30, 2018
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Those seem like two entirely unrelated issues
rhizome
on Nov 30, 2018
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I don't know the whole story, but I'm inferring that the signing change affected the ability for people to sideload plugins.
rrix2
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That had nothing to do with the move to WebExtensions and the associated compatibility issues though...
Endy
on Dec 1, 2018
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I feel that Mozilla's misdirection is one very large issue encompassing many problems.
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Howso? I've been using FF forever and I didn't notice this change…