Originally posted by SystemCrasher
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Those who would give up essential liberty to obtain little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty, nor safety.
1. The changes only concern type 2 add-ons. Nothing else.
2. Little temporary safety? Not being able to easily nuke your entire system by running unsigned, untested, malevolent C/C++ code is "little temporary safety" for you?
3. You can still install Firefox Developer Edition or Firefox Nightly. Particularly the developer edition is made to run unsigned code. For enterprise setups there is Firefox Unbranded.
Apple told similar things.
It ended in total lockdown of ecosystem and even inability to use e.g. GPLed programs.
It's hardly their fault that they can't allow GPLed software in their store.
It's general consensus that commercial app stores including any additional EULA are incompatible with the GPL. Thus says the FSF.
Coz apple decided it is "bad"
One can't even install real Firefox in iOS since apple decided it is prohibited to install any SW capable of executing other code. So Gecko is "illegal" on iOS.
Same crap in my browser? No way, I'm not going to buy this.
For being the guy who, by his own admission, prefers "simple designs", you sure protest loudly about not being able to run the freaking kitchen sink within your browser.
Doubly ironic, considering that just yesterday you complained about npm being too trusting.
Even less welcome in compiler toolchain & homegrown "package manager".
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