Why firefox requires high authority?

Sir/Madam,

I see that Firefox is the only browser that requires elevated privileges.
Why?

Kind regards

Owen.

Hi and thanks for the quick response!

The issue was that wanted Firefox install an update of sort that need high authority to do.
Subsequently, he did not.

Kind regards

Owen.

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