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Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill our extension

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Post by strken »

skinnymuch wrote: post #39
strken wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree to some extent, e.g. the pocket integration and Mozilla burning cash on things that aren't related to Firefox, but Chrome's decision to limit/break key adblocking APIs across their whole ecosystem is much worse. I'd be willing to ignore almost any number of removed extensions to continue using a browser that's not owned by a glorified adtech company.

What do they burn cash on? They’ve mostly stopped Phone stuff right? Is there other stuff?

Some of the previous discussion when they had layoffs earlier this year: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22057737

Re: Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill our extension

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Post by t-writescode »

minikites wrote: post #89
wlesieutre wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Chrome is a trivially easy product to switch off of compared to other Google properties like Gmail and YouTube. Have you tried Firefox recently?

I've been using Fastmail for more than a decade and I don't know why someone would trust something as important as email to a company like Google.

Mailbox.org here. Happy customer so far.

Re: Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill our extension

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Post by bcrosby95 »

jtxx wrote: post #64
wlesieutre wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Chrome is a trivially easy product to switch off of compared to other Google properties like Gmail and YouTube. Have you tried Firefox recently?

ProtonMail has come a long way as a replacement for Gmail as well. Suuuper happy with them, they're really responsive to feature requests and support inquiries. I requested for an iOS feature to choose browsers so I could open all links from PM in Firefox. They had it implemented in a month or something... it a quick fix but that impressed me. hence me shilling here They recently added ProtonCalendar too.

Switching email isn't nearly as friction-free as switching your browser. Not only do you have to change your email in every service you've registered for, you also need to convince your friends and other contacts to use the new email.

Re: Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill our extension

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Post by gowld »

devit wrote: post #74

The fact that they were requesting https://*/* and http://*/* (i.e. full control over all your accounts) without it being absolutely necessary reflects terribly on them. Still not clear why localhost (which can mean root access to the local machine since it may have localhost-only services that enable that) and cookies access is needed, also http://*.pushbullet.com is unnecessary since they should always use HTTPS. I…

Why doesn't Google notify all extension devs about these issues, to get it fixed, instead of sending vague threats?

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Post by jpalomaki »

gowld wrote: post #88
danpalmer wrote: post #53

As much as we can criticise Google's handling of this situation, the fact that the developer was able to reduce permissions from accessing data on _all websites_ down to _their website_, as well as tighten up a few other permissions, shows that Google is correct that the extension is asking for more than it needs. I hope the developer finds another load of permissions they can tighten up, resubmits, and is approved.…

Why can't Google provide support instead of vague threats? Provide a permissions audit tool, recommend ways to reduce permissions, provide a dev tool to automatically report on permissions that haven't been used while running an extension. Is banning someone's entire Google account across all services a proportionate response to a developmer having trouble with Google's confusing permissions API?

Usual answer is that this would make it easier for malicious actors to bypass the limitations.

Likely there is some automated system running these checks.

Re: Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill our extension

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Post by Baeocystin »

wlesieutre wrote: post #36
Baeocystin wrote: post #11

Another long-term PushBullet customer here. Anyone at Google who is listening- this kind of behavior kills my desire to continue using your products dead. I need functionality, of the type PushBullet has provided for years, to do my work. The recent nerfing of ublock origin has already had me feeling iffy on things. Behavior like this is simply unacceptable. If you want people to use your services, you need to have s…

Chrome is a trivially easy product to switch off of compared to other Google properties like Gmail and YouTube. Have you tried Firefox recently?

Sure, and I use it daily. But my frustration isn't about me particularly, it's about Google's increasingly hostile behavior. They're the 800-pound gorilla of the internet, and the way they behave affects all of us.

Re: Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill our extension

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

filleduchaos wrote: post #91
ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #62

I am the proud recipient of many Apple rejection notices from the App Store (I have been releasing iOS apps since 2012). I have not had an app pulled, but I have had many rejections to submitted apps (the latest were received yesterday). In all of the notices, Apple is usually quite explicit in what the problem is, including attaching screengrabs, and they will respond, if I ask them for further clarification.

This is why I'm often amused when people gripe about the $99/year membership fee for the Apple Developer Program.

I consider it a "token" amount, calculated to be just enough to keep people that aren't actually serious about releasing apps out.

They sure aren't looking at developer account fees to hold their bottom line up.

It's low enough that I can easily keep two organizational accounts going.

Re: Let's guess what Google requires in 14 days or they kill our extension

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Post by jeromegv »

Crazyontap wrote: post #28

This is a good extension but here is a cool hack I've discovered that let's you do this anywhere without any chrome extensions: - Create a new whatsgroupp called 'ping self' and add your friend to it. - Then kick your friend out from this group - Open web.whatsapp.com and now you can access your messages, files, photos across any device anywhere, anytime! (telegram also does this and allows file up to 1gb)

My issue is that whatsapp really compress the photos. But decent workaround.
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