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by kosolam 784 days ago
Please read these quotes from these links to better understand why it’s not wrong.

“Extension is a plug-and-play, zero-config, cross-browser extension development tool for browser extensions with built-in support for TypeScript, WebAssembly, React, and modern JavaScript.”

“WebExtensions are a way to write browser extensions: that is, programs installed inside a web browser that modify the behavior of the browser or web pages loaded by the browser. WebExtensions are built on a set of cross-browser APIs, so WebExtensions written for Google Chrome, Opera, or Edge will, in most cases, run in Firefox too.”

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You’re making up differentiation where there is none. Browser extensions are called WebExtensions. The terms are used interchangeably in practice.

> WebExtensions are a way to write browser extensions

Even if “technically correct”, the tool still specifically creates WebExtensions, it does not create “non-WebExtension browser extensions”

You are welcome to go to their respective repos and make your arguments there. I just pasted the quotes here.
They’re right, it’s your “correcting” comment that’s wrong