[oefrha]

I doubt it. According to https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/publish/submitti... the file has to be validated and signed through their submission form, and, I quote,

> Note, however, that your add-on may still be subject to further review, if it is you’ll receive notification of the outcome of the review later.

So other than hosting, I fail to see how this is different from distributing through the official channel — you still have to pass their review.

Note that I’ve never written a Firefox add-on (I’ve written plenty of Chrome extensions though), so please correct me if I’m wrong.

[ihuman]

That's not what mozilla is changing with this policy change. You've had to either sign or temporarily load an unsigned packed/unpacked extension for a while now.

[oefrha]

Okay, as bad as Chrome then. Thanks for the clarification.

[ihuman]

Pretty much. There's a preference you can change to allow unsigned extensions, but it only works in dev/nightly firefox and "unbranded editions" of release/beta firefox.

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Add-ons/Extension_Signing#FAQ

[jasonlotito]

Well, except there are other versions of Firefox (such as developer) where you could install it. This is for the base vanilla version, if you will.