Reviews for Return YouTube Dislike
Return YouTube Dislike by Dmitry Selivanov
Review by Firefox user 19105228
Rated 4 out of 5
by Firefox user 19105228, 10 days agoWhy is this extension no longer available on private browsing on Firefox?
Developer response
posted 10 days agoHi, Mozilla's policy is "no data collected in private windows." And counting your vote counts as "data collection."
So I need to implement a feature in the extension to detect that it is in a private window -and it should stop sending votes. It is not difficult - but I was short on time and wanted to get FF fixes to people faster. So it was easier to just disable it in private windows altogether - not to get punished for non-compliance.
I will work on this soon.
I only hope that the extension is allowed to make a request with a video ID (to get dislike counts). Because technically, this could be deemed data collection too - not sure yet.
And yeah - the policies are new - people are still learning how they work, and Mozilla is still figuring it out themselves.
Maybe some wording will be improved.
There should be a difference between this extension sending a randomly generated userId to count votes - and some other extension that steals your name, address, email, and phone number. But right now they both are "collecting personal data".
So I need to implement a feature in the extension to detect that it is in a private window -and it should stop sending votes. It is not difficult - but I was short on time and wanted to get FF fixes to people faster. So it was easier to just disable it in private windows altogether - not to get punished for non-compliance.
I will work on this soon.
I only hope that the extension is allowed to make a request with a video ID (to get dislike counts). Because technically, this could be deemed data collection too - not sure yet.
And yeah - the policies are new - people are still learning how they work, and Mozilla is still figuring it out themselves.
Maybe some wording will be improved.
There should be a difference between this extension sending a randomly generated userId to count votes - and some other extension that steals your name, address, email, and phone number. But right now they both are "collecting personal data".