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		Mathnerd314 on Aug 16, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: All Tridactyl installations might get removed by F... More on the policy for said blocklist: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Blocklisting (2008-11) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-ons-cause-issues-ar... (2012) https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/AMO... (2019) The expansion from "we block malicious add-on versions" to "we block add-ons with known stability or security issues" to "we err on the side of security" does not bode well for the future of hacking cool add-ons.

michaelmrose on Aug 17, 2019 [–]

What about a fork that only differs in allowing a second more permissive addon store.

SanchoPanda on Aug 17, 2019 | [–]

Settings change over time and maintaing any fork is hard. Maintaining a fork of a modern browser is a sisyphian task. Even compiling it is no joke.

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