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by the_grue 3017 days ago
I don't have an example handy, but when FF 57 was first released, I actually took the effort to check what are the prospects of extensions I use in future FF versions. I found at least one extension which required a feature that FF developers refused to fix because it would expose APIs they didn't want to expose, end of story. So it's not just a matter of "scratching your own itch", a lot of it is politics.
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So it's not just a matter of "scratching your own itch", a lot of it is politics.

Absolutely. I don't personally believe that open source projects are above criticism - just explaining why the question was likely asked.