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mkeedlinger | 1 year ago

And alternatives that I honestly think are better.

One reason I'm unwilling to move from Firefox right now: Recommended Extensions.

They're extensions that are checked by Mozilla employees for quality, security and privacy. Extensions have such unfettered access to my browsing, and so many have such nefarious practices that I'll only install extensions that Mozilla vets.

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raxxorraxor|1 year ago

This argument of allegedly hostile addons is true to an extend. They theoretically do indeed have access to your browsing, just like your browser has access to your browsing.

However the security argument was used to inhibit ad blockers and get more control about browsers, an already quite restricted ecology. I gladly have the option to vet addons myself just like I do vet browser vendors. Some of the later and attached companies might have questionable goals.

For me this feature of Firefox is the least important, but demands differ I guess.