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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by kibwen on Saturday February 18, 2017 @12:20PM (#13675604)
> Android, iOS, and many other OSes do this all the time via rather granular ACLs.

If it were that simple, then the Chrome team would simply have asked the Android team to provide their expertise in designing Chrome's extension API. And of course, it's not like Android provides apps unrestricted access to the hardware (there's a reason that people bother to root their phones). Firefox addons are currently less restricted than Android apps.

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Re:Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions ... by falcolas on Saturday February 18, 2017 @01:50PM (#13676060)
> the Chrome team would simply have asked the Android team to provide their expertise in designing Chrome's extension API

Chrome's choice to not use such ACLs has no bearing on whether it is possible or reasonable for a web browser to use. Chrome is not the be-all-end-all of browser technology.

> Firefox addons are currently less restricted than Android apps.

And that's what could be changed. The lack of restrictions in the current state doesn't mean that it can't (or that it shouldn't) change.

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