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The interview article is mainly for addon developers, this is the reason of the answer for the question. In past days I was a "people pleaser" and I didn't say "no" from my frailty, then my old addon became too fat, and finally dead. I hope that addon authors publish long-living small addons instead of short-live too much addons.

The sentence in the interview means that now there is a boundary of responsibility between addon and Firefox. If a feature request is impossible to be implemented due to API restrictions, it have to be solved by Firefox itself. Thus if I have strong motivation to implement a new feature requiring new API, I still file a proposal of new API, and I think other addon authors also should do it based on his demand.

It is a feature of Multiple Tab Handler, and its WebExtensions version is already available. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/multiple-tab-handle... The combination of these two addons works like legacy TST + MTH.

There are two reasons, the first is there. The second reason is my job. I'm employed as a support engineer for company-use of Firefox/Thunderbird for 11-12 years, and the knowledge and trust are based on my addon development experience. So, I think I already monetized from addons and donation looks like a double-dealing for me now. (So after I retired I may accept donation, if Firefox and my addons still alive.) Anyway, I just say thanks to all!

I'm the interviewee and here is my raw opinion: http://piro.sakura.ne.jp/latest/blosxom/mozilla/2017-12-07_f... (*Note: written in Japanese, very long article.)

As I wrote in the article, indeed I worried about death of addons in last 2 years. But, from various viewpoints I analyzed Mozilla's statements around addons, and finally I decided to forget past and shift my mind moving toward to make things better. So the story of the interview is almost correct.