Nothing gets past the 
Edit: This is the fox domainâŚnothing else is getting in!
Edit2: In other words ⌠get out of the den!
I also think that this topic: French governement wants to inject domain blocking lists directly into web browsers put us on alert mode 
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It looks to me like Mozilla wants to set the ground for helping their Goolag masters get that juicy ad revenue.
They really need it. At this point, at YouTube headquarters, a team of highly trained monkeys is searching every couch and sofa for loose change.
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If none of these companies can make money without ad revenue then that tells you something. 
People complaining about ads also donât want to pay hard money for a subscription? 
Paying for YouTube or any other entertainment media feels dirty to me, like paying for sex.
Well, some of us are attractive enough to get it for free - sometimes. But generally for a grab whatever you desire buffet it is probably acceptable that some compensation is in order.
Some subscriptions come with too many options. 
Been married for 40 years and still paying for it.
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If by that you mean that one should seed all the torrents one downloads until the ratio is at least 2, then yes, I agree.
Firefox tells you it is âfor securityâ, what more do you want?!
Stop being so suspicious!
By reading some random Mozilla stuff from bug-reports today, on that subject, itâs apparent that it will be sold to public as something like âit helps to prevent fake MetaMask crypto-wallet add-ons to communicate with stocks websitesâ, something like that iâve seen as one example.
But i say itâs a bunch of 
reason to dig such obvious hole.
Because what we know for a fact are the most important parts:
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Itâs a mechanism to block extensions that Mozilla deemed untrustworthy (like @dalto wisely mentioned, some of those extensions we use as privacy measures here - so itâs already raising eyebrows), which also means any extension can become untrustworthy.
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By default itâs enabled for all users, and for now we have ability to turn it off.
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It does so almost completely silently, with very small dot near given extension and just loads such webpage.
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Quarantined domains list can be changed remotely at any time by Mozilla.
Can such mechanism be abused?
Yes.
Will it be abused?
I argue - certainly, otherwise it wouldnât logically exist at all, because potential for abuse (adblockers + Goolag) is much more severe and financially incentivized by people that back Mozilla the most (Goolag), than benefit for some edge cases for some clueless normie not being able to navigate the internet and installing random shady extensions that can steal credentials or compromise tab privacy.
There are plenty of things not to like about some Firefox decisions, but that tops my personal list, because it will affects all users that has no clue about itâs existence and will do so silently.
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Anything that can be abused, will get abused. Thatâs just the nature of the reality weâre stuck in.
In this case, I doubt we are even talking about abuse, as the word implies that that is not the intended use case. It looks pretty intentional to meâŚ
Sure. People should work for free. Paying people is bad. Sex work, working in the movies, whatever. Just a âdifferent mindsetâ. Itâs gonna be fine.
The Fox knows best! When the security of the den is compromised by visiting extensions they will and they must take measures to block those entering the domain.
âWhen you give another person the power to define you.
You also give them the power to control youâ.
Only time will tell.
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So we should abandon FF?
Whatâs a proper alternative then? Chrome or Edge?
Or burn this laptop altogether, would be my second bonfire. 
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Brave
As far as FF goes I just see this as more of the trend the user is to stupid to know what they are doing so take the ability away for them along with the ability to think for themselves. I donât stay with tools like these for that reason. I know what I want and donât want running I donât need anyone holding my system hostage just to save me from me. If I wanted to be controlled like that I would have stayed with Windows
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Mozilla/Firefox seems to be enjoying to shoot itself in the foot.
Surely, this latest move wonât be gaining them any points in the popularity contest among more privacy-security conscious users. Rather the contrary.
Iâm hoping that forks like Librewolf and the now again independent Waterfox wonât be implementing this addon policy.
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Exactly this over allowing Mozilla decide who are âbad actorsâ.
I donât think so. Even with this, it is still the best choice overall. At least for privacy.
They have such a long history as a bad actor that it isnât easy to trust them either.
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