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this post was submitted on 24 Oct 2025
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Well, I guess they could. But at least its in the rules and people can report. And if it indeed violates the setting, then the addon could be removed from the repository. So there is an incentive for addon developers not to break that "promise". At least this is the right direction.
Yes, but it's about the tiniest step they could possibly take. It just officially makes violating "trust me, bro" against the rules, but does absolutely nothing to prevent it, nor allow the user to directly prevent such abuse. Some extensions don't need Internet access at all, but there's no (easy) way to stop it from happening. Others only need occasional access for updates, but there's no user control for whether that's all they're doing.
Yes, it also narrows down the number of potential targets for analysis / report. If an extension is not marked "none" then no need to go out of your way to figure out if it does it.