There's more! On my machine it creates an empty ~/.mozilla/extensions directory every time it starts, and I have no idea why it does that or how to make it stop.

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create_accounts 3 hours ago | parent [-]

there's a stupid solution that I put in practice out of helplessness. I remove the writing permission on ~ to my user, only sudo can write on ~, so some apps simply fail to launch

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PenguinCoder 2 hours ago | parent [-]

So then you have to run those apps as root user, or does sudo to your own user work? I wouldn't expect it to with those perms set.

Seems more dangerous than just dealing with the cruft.

	▲	create_accounts 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I don't launch them as root. That defeats the purpose because they would write on the ~ folder. ZSH Terminal grumbles when launching but why the hell does it want to log my every command? only 1 app has failed to launch and I barely need it anymore. if it is crucial, I give myself permission to edit the folder so the application can create its folder for dumping rubbish