“Stylish” is back, and you still shouldn't use it

Re:“Stylish” is back, and you still shouldn't use it by hpbd on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @06:34PM (#18556712)

And how do we know Stylus won't go the same route?

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Re:“Stylish” is back, and you still shouldn't use it by shadowfacts on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @08:47PM (#18557434)

We can't know for certain that they never will, but right now, I have more faith in the open-source community than an adtech company.

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Re:“Stylish” is back, and you still shouldn't use it by nambit on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @06:36PM (#18556729)

It's open source. You can install from source.

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Re:“Stylish” is back, and you still shouldn't use it by hpbd on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @06:39PM (#18556748)

All extensions are open source. Just download the xpi/crx and decompress. Doesn't help much unless you are willing to read all diffs, or never update them (and be exposed to bugs which could lead to other security issues.)

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Re:“Stylish” is back, and you still shouldn't use it by bastawhiz on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @08:44PM (#18557420)

You're right, we should never install software ever again unless we wrote it ourselves.

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Re:“Stylish” is back, and you still shouldn't use it by Grangar on Thursday November 29, 2018 @04:53AM (#18559125)

You could (and should) minify JS for builds, which essentially renders it useless for editing purposes. Heuristically you could still find parts that phone home and disable those but getting further than that is going to be a pain.

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Re:“Stylish” is back, and you still shouldn't use it by amingilani on Thursday November 29, 2018 @10:56AM (#18561078)

You're confusing 'source available' for 'open source'. Source available is where you can look at the source but don't have any right to do anything with it.

Open source is libre software.

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