It's not just about the verification/reproducibility, these random ass .deb files sometimes don't have proper dependency information and/or repository support. So it may work for now and might stop working on the future when some library upgrades on your system. Or even worse, they may fucking block system library upgrades leaving you insecure at worst and out of support at best.
I totally agree with your assessment. I think it's just that maybe something inherent in me is hopeless/pessimistic that I can't bring myself to see/have this positive outlook, also in my personal life. Maybe it's just a phase or something
Damn. Wow, it seems like Mozilla is getting more fired up lately. They are also actively communicating (recent couple of AMAs) and listening to their users (through Mozilla connect and working on much requested features)!
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