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Mozilla makes developing browser extensions easier. (www.techzine.eu)
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Mozilla is developing a new, simplified way for extension developers to obtain permission to collect user data. The new system will be integrated into the Firefox extension installation process in 2025 and will eliminate the various, often confusing permission screens that developers currently have to build themselves.

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[-] sfxrlz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 3 weeks ago

I hope they don’t go down the google route and kill manifest v2 in the process.

[-] Reisen@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

i doubt that because if they did it what reason would there be to not use one of the many chromium derivatives out there?

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