Firefox 42 will not allow unsigned extensions

Mozilla's hypocrisy is astounding:

https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2013/01/29/putting-users-i...

"Users should have the choice of what software and plugins run on their machine."

https://blog.mozilla.org/theden/2014/12/15/introducing-a-sma...

"Firefox is dedicated to putting users in control of their online experience"

More recently:

https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2015/06/02/firefox-puts-you-in...

"Firefox Puts You in Control of Your Online Life".

The slogan, as found on https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ , is now "Firefox is created by a global non-profit dedicated to putting individuals in control online." I believe it used to be "users" - see above - but was silently changed. I suppose these "individuals" are the people at Mozilla...?

WTF people. So much hate for Mozilla these days, this appear pitchfork group.

Lets review what the article says: addons needed to be signed. The process is automated. It takes only seconds. It prevents some malware from spreading.

You can still host your addon wherever you want. This is just an extra step that can actually improve security. It requires more effort by the part of the developer but it also helps prevent some security issues.

Firefox Dev Edition and Nightly will have switches to turn this off. Firefox stable and Beta will not. Do you want to switch this off? Move to more bleeding edge versions. Or pick the unbranded version.

The unbranded version is available only in English and this is a problem that can be solved with language packs which are available in the hundreds.

Heck, this is an improvement to security. You can opt out by moving to a different Firefox version, there are three versions you can use, DevEdition, Nightly and Unbranded. If you opt-in you have an extra level of confidence in the addon you're installing.

Developers take only couple seconds to submit and retrieve back their addons and the added bonus for security is great. This will prevent those pesky spyware/malware from hijacking your browser which is a problem faced by many users that are not as tech savvy as this crowd here.

And yet people throw a tantrum....

What is the rationale behind removing the configuration switch, though? Is there supposed to be some contingent of users who are not sufficiently tech-savvy to be trusted with choosing their own add-ons, but sufficiently tech-savvy to go and edit something in about:config, which really needs to be protected from their own stupidity? This sort of "mother knows best" approach is something I would expect from Apple, not a company that claims to put you in control.

Nightly comes with obvious stability and security problems; I don't know about "dev edition", but wouldn't be surprised if it isn't kept up-to-date at the same rate or comes with some presets regarding UI layout or otherwise that are annoying to someone who is not intending to primarily use it as a testbed.