[trwired]

I noticed about myself that in recent years I am becoming increasingly paranoid when it comes to addons and avoid installing any but the most popular/trusted, not just for Firefox, but all applications I use. If there is an addon that does something I want and doesn't fit my criteria for trust, I either write my own private clone, adjust my habits not not need it or (the most frequent outcome) just suck it up.

[orev]

That’s a good approach, especially since everyone (Atlassian, Zoom, Salesforce, etc.) seems to be rebranding addons as “app stores” where the initially free stuff becomes paid. It’s better to avoid as many dependencies as possible in your workflow so you’re not stuck when this happens.