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Re:Mozilla and Microsoft are rebuilding their browsers’ foun... by kibwen on Friday April 21, 2017 @07:32PM (#14170257)
Because web browsers are the single largest and most common attack vector on every end-user device, and emacs and autocad aren't. I'm​ not in a position to say whether Mozilla's implementation of extension signing makes any sense, but it is practical to hold web browsers to higher standards.

I'm also not sure how extension signing makes Google any money?

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Re:Mozilla and Microsoft are rebuilding their browsers’ foun... by apostacy on Friday April 21, 2017 @07:40PM (#14170293)
Extension signing makes Google money because it supports their platform infrastructure. It supports things like Google Play. Microsoft also made money from Internet Explorer, even though they didn't charge money for it. They benefited from controlling the platform.

Mozilla has no such incentives. And they also don't have any larger strategy that Firefox supports.

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