It makes less sense since extensions actually ran on Android, e.g. via Nightly and creating your own list of exceptions. Also if you downgrade and install in an old Fennec version, extension will continue to function if you then update to the latest.

I think the move was an attempt to create a walled garden. But for whatever reason, they have now decided against it. Thank goodness.

My goodness that’s awesome. I never understood why they locked it down in the first place about a year ago. What changed?

Judging by the number of downvotes my question received, looks like most people here prefer censorship over expressing ideas.

What exactly is wrong with free speech?

How do we know that Fediverse will be any different? After all if it is a law and you get a legal subponae, you comply with it.