https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=UmmNopeHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:33:19 +0000The major problem was building a feature into the product that allowed for pushing add-ons without users knowledge much less active consent in the first place, there is no benign use for this kind of functionality.

]]>Fri, 15 Dec 2017 18:54:18 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15934093UmmNopehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15934093https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15934093Well it is - one could expect this sort of crap pushed by marketing/bizdev via management but the fact that Mozilla engineers actively collaborated on this is a sign of deep normative inadequacy among the people who are supposed to be the last line of defense against this sort of thing.

]]>Fri, 15 Dec 2017 18:45:56 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15934029UmmNopehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15934029https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15934029This is the opposite of comforting

]]>Fri, 15 Dec 2017 18:10:51 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15933756UmmNopehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15933756https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15933756Mozilla takes in about half a billion dollars per year, has anyone considered the consideration for which this money is being paid ?

]]>Fri, 15 Dec 2017 17:04:46 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15933189UmmNopehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15933189https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15933189