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by readflaggedcomm 1653 days ago
They basically did, until the underlying browser became incompatible. That was the point: to have a stable API instead of extensions relying on implementation details, which includes multiple processes.
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They didn't just broke them by necessity of rewriting the browser, though – they then actively blocked them on regular browser versions (non-Nightly/Developer Edition/etc.).

Case in point: With some limited maintenance and a compatibility shim for loading them, a number of old add-ons are still working on current Firefox versions: https://github.com/xiaoxiaoflood/firefox-scripts/tree/master...