Facebook Requires Social Fixer Browser Extension to Remove Features

Re:Facebook Requires Social Fixer Browser Extension to Remov... by casca on Sunday October 06, 2013 @05:03PM (#6505431)

Social Fixer is great - I've been using it for a while and it makes my infrequent forays onto Facebook less miserable. From what I can tell, Facebook has removed the Social Fixer page on Facebook and are requiring the author to make significant changes in order to return it. The author is going to make those changes.

Why not just lose the page on Facebook and keep developing Social Fixer? If they threaten legal action, throw the code on Github and stop development on it under your own name. Or put it in an LLC or equivalent and just liquidate if they sue. Why does capitulation seem to be the most appealing option?

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Re:Facebook Requires Social Fixer Browser Extension to Remov... by mattkruse on Monday October 07, 2013 @01:06AM (#6506586)

I have a family and limited time. I could lay out an exact plan of how to do a lot of things, including get around all of this. But I just don't have enough time to implement it.

My microwave has been broken for 4 weeks and I haven't had time to even replace it. There are only 24 hours in a day.

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Re:Facebook Requires Social Fixer Browser Extension to Remov... by alextingle on Monday October 07, 2013 @05:52AM (#6507268)

Would you like me to buy you a new microwave? I will if you promise to keep Social Fixer the way it is.

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Re:Facebook Requires Social Fixer Browser Extension to Remov... by bambax on Monday October 07, 2013 @03:38AM (#6506925)

Capitulation is a strong word; I empathize with the OP's concerns.

However, yes, why not open source the code on Github and let others try?

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