[ploxiln]

I agree. But the reason they felt forced to do this is because even "reputable" software companies were auto-injecting unnecessary extensions as a side-effect of installing their popular software. Companies like Adobe and Microsoft, and "industry leading" "computer security" companies.

My first instinct is to say "it's important to not install crap software, you need to reasonably trust the software you install". But I immediately recognize that it's un-intuitive that Adobe and Microsoft and Symantec and McAfee are not on the "trusted" list. (Office and .Net have silently installed problematic Firefox extensions in the past.)

I don't really have a conclusion here, just, it sucks.