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by 1024core 2757 days ago
> Mozilla's aim is (likely) the same.

Nothing prevents me from compiling my own binaries and running them on my Mac.

But the issue here (AFAICT) is that Mozilla won't even let you sideload your own stuff on your browser. This is horribly broken.

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>But the issue here (AFAICT) is that Mozilla won't even let you sideload your own stuff on your browser.

There's no way to allow that that doesn't also allow crapware / malware installers from injecting stuff into Firefox.

You can install unsigned or foreign-signed addons, you simply need either the developer editino or you use a unbranded version of Firefox (ie, any Firefox binary that isn't branded for Mozilla). It's a compile option.