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		Support for extension sideloading on Firefox has ended (blog.mozilla.org)
		4 points by KeithBrink on March 10, 2020 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

Causality1 on March 10, 2020 [–]

Seems like a poor choice of vocabulary. "Sideloading" traditionally refers to an action taken deliberately by users to install programs or extensions that don't come from a storefront or other centralized repository.

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