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jftuga on Jan 13, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Firefox bullshit removal

https://waterfoxproject.org/

https://www.reddit.com/r/waterfox/

    Disabled Encrypted Media Extensions (EME)
    Disabled Web Runtime (deprecated as of 2015)
    Removed Pocket
    Removed Telemetry
    Removed data collection
    Removed startup profiling
    Allow running of all 64-Bit NPAPI plugins
    Allow running of unsigned extensions
    Removal of Sponsored Tiles on New Tab Page
    Addition of Duplicate Tab option
    Locale selector in about:preferences > General

CapacitorSet on Jan 13, 2018 [–]

>Allow running of all 64-Bit NPAPI plugins >Allow running of unsigned extensions

That doesn't sound very nice.

krapp on Jan 13, 2018 | [–]

It's to "fix" Firefox's deprecation of XUL-based plugins[0].

[0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15800634

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