Eh, this is just returning to the situation from before the android rewrite of Firefox and as it is still on desktop. Not to mention that the developer in the post you link also has these...
Eh, this is just returning to the situation from before the android rewrite of Firefox and as it is still on desktop.
Not to mention that the developer in the post you link also has these extensions in the Chrome store and that is what these companies are actually targeting. Because Google, in their infinite wisdom, decided to make it mandatory for devs to have a public mail address visible on their listings. Which makes it incredibly easy for these companies to target Chrome extension devs.
I also feel like the review process of new extension versions in that regard is better on the Mozilla addon store compared to the chrome store.
I get the mentality of forcing a public email address...having absolutely 0 way for an end user to contact the extension owner feels sketchy. There really isn't any getting around this problem...
I get the mentality of forcing a public email address...having absolutely 0 way for an end user to contact the extension owner feels sketchy. There really isn't any getting around this problem unless there's absolutely 0 way for the public to validate the origin of the extension.
And for small-use extensions in particular, that's pretty damn risky.
But that is not the case, users can already contact developers through the store itself. In fact, if google wants developers to actually get back to users doing it through the store would be much...
having absolutely 0 way for an end user to contact the extension owner feels sketchy.
But that is not the case, users can already contact developers through the store itself. In fact, if google wants developers to actually get back to users doing it through the store would be much easier to track for them. Not to mention that there are other ways google could facilitate this without directly exposing the mail address itself.
But is the Tildes extension one of them
It is! And version 2.7.0 will focus on making it more usable on mobile screens. :)
I can confirm I just installed it and it works a treat!
Yay!
TIL about tildes-reextended. Thanks for the tip!
Eh, this is just returning to the situation from before the android rewrite of Firefox and as it is still on desktop.
Not to mention that the developer in the post you link also has these extensions in the Chrome store and that is what these companies are actually targeting. Because Google, in their infinite wisdom, decided to make it mandatory for devs to have a public mail address visible on their listings. Which makes it incredibly easy for these companies to target Chrome extension devs.
I also feel like the review process of new extension versions in that regard is better on the Mozilla addon store compared to the chrome store.
I get the mentality of forcing a public email address...having absolutely 0 way for an end user to contact the extension owner feels sketchy. There really isn't any getting around this problem unless there's absolutely 0 way for the public to validate the origin of the extension.
And for small-use extensions in particular, that's pretty damn risky.
But that is not the case, users can already contact developers through the store itself. In fact, if google wants developers to actually get back to users doing it through the store would be much easier to track for them. Not to mention that there are other ways google could facilitate this without directly exposing the mail address itself.