> Users won't blame the extension developers. They will blame Firefox.
What's funny to me is that these 'users' you describe are apparently on HN - I thought this place was mostly software devs, but it's striking how many posts seem to fundamentally misunderstand the decisions made by Mozilla.
> This is the mother of all breakages
I would be that somewhere above 90% of FF users will be unaffected. Given Firefox's market share that's still a lot of people, but let's not pretend like they broke everything overnight.
> Mozilla should've tried to smooth this transition, not just simply pull the pin on the web extensions grenade and yell "Catch!".
You're implying that this was an unexpected change that Mozilla was not forthcoming about. It is the opposite. We've all known about this for months.
The value prop of no longer being tied to an extremely old system is significant and you're not giving it any of its due credit.
What's funny to me is that these 'users' you describe are apparently on HN - I thought this place was mostly software devs, but it's striking how many posts seem to fundamentally misunderstand the decisions made by Mozilla.
> This is the mother of all breakages
I would be that somewhere above 90% of FF users will be unaffected. Given Firefox's market share that's still a lot of people, but let's not pretend like they broke everything overnight.
> Mozilla should've tried to smooth this transition, not just simply pull the pin on the web extensions grenade and yell "Catch!".
You're implying that this was an unexpected change that Mozilla was not forthcoming about. It is the opposite. We've all known about this for months.
The value prop of no longer being tied to an extremely old system is significant and you're not giving it any of its due credit.