Google Removed ClearURLs Extension from Chrome Web Store
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Re: Google Removed ClearURLs Extension from Chrome Web Store
#2anyone using this site that still uses chrome, why?
Re: Google Removed ClearURLs Extension from Chrome Web Store
#3Classic error message as well for the extension page in CWS:
> The requested URL was not found on this server. That’s all we know.
I suspect suspending an extension could be done with slightly more tact, if that was a goal.
Re: Google Removed ClearURLs Extension from Chrome Web Store
#4Can someone further explain "ClearURLs has made it to its mission to prevent tracking via URLs and that's how Google makes money"?
How exactly does the tracking via URLs work for Google?
Re: Google Removed ClearURLs Extension from Chrome Web Store
#5anyone using this site that still uses chrome, why?
My guess? Better supported by many sites, both on the internet and internal company sites. Faster for some things. And of course, inertia.
Studies have shown that people just don't change defaults, as a rule. Only a small minority of people change them.
Re: Google Removed ClearURLs Extension from Chrome Web Store
#6Can someone further explain "ClearURLs has made it to its mission to prevent tracking via URLs and that's how Google makes money"? How exactly does the tracking via URLs work for Google?
Re: Google Removed ClearURLs Extension from Chrome Web Store
#7On Firefox it is "recommended" add on
Re: Google Removed ClearURLs Extension from Chrome Web Store
#8> The reasons for this are ridiculous and probably only pretended because ClearURLs damages Google's business model. […]
> Among other things, it was claimed that the description of the addon is too detailed and thus violates the Chrome Web Store rules. The mention of all the people who helped to develop and translate ClearURLs is against Google's rules because it could "confuse" the user. Ridiculous.
> Also, Google has criticized that the description of the addon did not mention that there is a badged, an export/import function for the settings, a logging function for debugging, and a donation button. This would be "misleading".
> Last but not least, it was criticized that the "clipboardWrite" permission would not be necessary. But that's not true, and I've had a description for each permission in the Chrome Web Store Developer Dashboard for well over a year now. So the "clipboardWrite" permission is needed for writing clean links via the context menu into the clipboard.
Re: Google Removed ClearURLs Extension from Chrome Web Store
#9anyone using this site that still uses chrome, why?
My guess? Better supported by many sites, both on the internet and internal company sites. Faster for some things. And of course, inertia. Studies have shown that people just don't change defaults, as a rule. Only a small minority of people change them.
> Better supported by many sites
Interesting. I haven't had much trouble with Firefox yet, even with uBlock Origin. Any idea what kind of sites?
Re: Google Removed ClearURLs Extension from Chrome Web Store
#10anyone using this site that still uses chrome, why?
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