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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

It's actually a bit more complicated than that:

Mozilla centrally signs every add-on—but the add-ons in question are still signed by Mozilla
Mozilla runs a centralized distribution platform but you can self-host your add-on if you want and you have the option to use a custom update URL—the add-ons in question are still hosted by Mozilla, however, they are geo-blocked in the country that counts