Firefox extensions don't need to be listed in the web store, but they must be signed by Mozilla, no exceptions.
I have used both browsers, and I find sideloading in Chrome to be completely painless. I use many sideloaded extensions in Chrome (mostly because I wanted to make small edits to existing extensions).
I guess I'm trying to figure out whether all this fuss is really a limitation of Manifest v3, or merely Chrome Web Store policy. If the latter, I don't see a problem as long as sideloading is possible, and I really hope UBlock Origin will just go that route.
Sideloading is the real freedom which everyone should rally around and protect. (I am extremely unhappy with Mozilla's approach to this, if you can't tell.)
I have used both browsers, and I find sideloading in Chrome to be completely painless. I use many sideloaded extensions in Chrome (mostly because I wanted to make small edits to existing extensions).
I guess I'm trying to figure out whether all this fuss is really a limitation of Manifest v3, or merely Chrome Web Store policy. If the latter, I don't see a problem as long as sideloading is possible, and I really hope UBlock Origin will just go that route.
Sideloading is the real freedom which everyone should rally around and protect. (I am extremely unhappy with Mozilla's approach to this, if you can't tell.)