Why does Firefox need to control my mic and my camera?

To install Firefox on my phone I must first accept these permissions.
Hardware Control:
Record audio:- Allow application to access the audio record path.
Take pictures and video. Allow application to take pictures and video with the camera. This allows the application AT ANY TIME TO COLLECT IMAGES THE CAMERA IS SEEING.
I have stopped using Facebook Apps and many Google products because they what this sort of contol and basically I don't trust them.
Why do so many apps need such spying power? and where can I download an old version of Firefox.android that pre dates this control freaky version? After all it used to work just fine without.
Thanks
Jonpon

making permissions optional and controllable for the users is something that would have to be implemented on the OS level. if you have a device with android 4.3 or above it might already work through this hack: www.androidpolice.com/2013/07/25/app-ops-android-4-3s-hidden-app-permission-manager-control-permissions-for-individual-apps/

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