Don’t worry, they’ve added a setting in 115 that allows them to disable any addons they didn’t vet from a list of websites they can configure, so the endless slide towards a shitter Firefox is still going strong.
The fact they’ve released this feature with a help page that directs you to a “I accept the risks button” is proof enough that this never should’ve been released like this in the first place.
The feature itself would be great if it were opt-in and easily manageable from the UI, but it was released long before that. Instead, they released a list they control remotely with no UI that’s opt-out and then went “we’ll put the user in control later”. This is exactly the user-hostile approach that Firefox users are sick of.
They added features that benefit power users and developers? I’m sure someone at Mozilla will be fired for this soon enough
That’s likely a mistake that will be corrected before the stable release. /s
Don’t worry, they’ve added a setting in 115 that allows them to disable any addons they didn’t vet from a list of websites they can configure, so the endless slide towards a shitter Firefox is still going strong.
It’s something you can disable, and work is already been done to allow the user to further customize it.
Anybody who thinks that feature should ever have been included in the first place should be given a dunce cap and a Vsmile
The fact they’ve released this feature with a help page that directs you to a “I accept the risks button” is proof enough that this never should’ve been released like this in the first place.
The feature itself would be great if it were opt-in and easily manageable from the UI, but it was released long before that. Instead, they released a list they control remotely with no UI that’s opt-out and then went “we’ll put the user in control later”. This is exactly the user-hostile approach that Firefox users are sick of.
Context:
https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2023/7/1.html