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Re:Firefox 115 can silently remotely disable my extension on... by NooneAtAll3 on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @02:07PM (#36604517)
> The average user isn’t using Firefox to begin with.

that's... not a valid argument for this discussion? market share and user conservatism has no connection to concerns about basic safety affecting everyone

judgement should be applied equally, every user and every product

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Re:Firefox 115 can silently remotely disable my extension on... by mrtranscendence on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @02:14PM (#36604642)
> that's... not a valid argument for this discussion?

I believe the intention was to argue against the notion that 95% of users don't read release notes. The contention seems to be that, because Firefox users are more technical (or enthusiast, perhaps), more than 5% of Firefox users would read be aware of this change.

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Re:Firefox 115 can silently remotely disable my extension on... by kemotep on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @02:17PM (#36604694)
The grandparent comment was regarding that the average user doesn’t read release notes and I was remarking that Firefox users are not average.

Now I agree that this change is not being communicated properly but to claim that the Firefox user is similar to the average computer user is not something I would agree with.

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