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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by shard972 on Saturday February 18, 2017 @11:52AM (#13675455)
While i agree with the idea of being able to install whatever you want. What's wrong with it being behind a developer mode?

I would bet that 99%~ people don't need or even want that kind of absolute freedom. As a chrome user, the only plugin I have that I can't get on the play store is one for downloading youtube videos but I can still install it from the author website, just takes a few extra clicks.

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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by mook on Saturday February 18, 2017 @12:06PM (#13675531)
> What's wrong with it being behind a developer mode?

The fact that one doesn't exist. "Developer edition" is really just their alpha build, they don't have release builds that allow unsigned extension installs.

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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by Caspy7 on Saturday February 18, 2017 @01:00PM (#13675806)
You mean like the Unbranded builds of Release (and Beta) that allow unsigned extension installs?

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Add-ons/Extension_Signing#Unbranded...

It seems that those very much exist.

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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by mnordhoff on Saturday February 18, 2017 @12:58PM (#13675793)
There are some release builds that do.

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Add-ons/Extension_Signing#Unbranded...

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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by mook on Saturday February 18, 2017 @01:15PM (#13675875)
Ah! Thank you, I stand corrected. I didn't realize they actually have those now. Still hard to find, but at least they exist.
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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by CaptSpify on Saturday February 18, 2017 @12:47PM (#13675728)
How easy is it to switch to Developer mode? Genuinely asking
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