• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Idk, I think an addon store is different. Some regions could restrict certain types of addons (e.g. porn, gambling, crypto, language support, etc), and that should be fine. They shouldn’t compromise on core Firefox features, but I think region-gating extensions is fine, provided they have a way to side-load extensions.

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      5 months ago

      We aren’t talking about gambling here we are talking about massive censorship and attacks on human rights.

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        5 months ago

        It’s the same general idea. Blocking gambling add-ons is just another form of censorship. As long as countries aren’t dictating core browser features, I don’t see why Mozilla shouldn’t comply with blocking access to certain third-party add-ons in their add-on store, but they should allow users to select third-party add-on repos if they so choose (afaik, that’s not a thing yet).

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          Gambling has nothing to do with Democratic speech and access to information. We are talking about add ons that might show people the truth. Russia and Putin fear that greatly.