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by userbinator 3972 days ago
You're very correct about updates, but on the other hand I wonder what type of addon needs to be updated at such a high frequency?

Although making a way to easily see the changes made with each new version, something diff-like, would alleviate the problem.

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One part of the problem is that most of the extensions are updated silently in the background. Some extensions fire up a new tab with a page displaying new features and such, but this is not a requirement in any way.
Even worse, they only update if they don't need any additional permissions. Thus incentivizing developers to ask for more permissions up front.
That's exactly what I wonder about Adobe Acrobat so often.