Re:Mozilla Firefox Add-On Signing Update
by irq-1 on Saturday January 23, 2016 @11:41AM
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> It really feels like a landgrab and not anything anyone has been asking for.
Benevolent DRM. Mozilla wants to control the software, even though users want to be in control. Plugins are the reason people always give for using Firefox. Justifying control by citing non-technical users is telling: users are to be managed and controlled; users aren't "us" but the other.
Benevolent DRM. Mozilla wants to control the software, even though users want to be in control. Plugins are the reason people always give for using Firefox. Justifying control by citing non-technical users is telling: users are to be managed and controlled; users aren't "us" but the other.