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Re: Google enforcing Web store only extensions for Chrome

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Post by jrockway » Fri, Feb 14, 2014, 9:50 PM UTC

blueskin_ wrote: post #73

jrockway wrote: post #27

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I doubt this is the reason. The reason is that less-educated users are being tricked into installing extensions they don't want and that make using their computer miserable for them. Meanwhile, anyone that wants to write their own extension need only click a checkbox.

Then why not just make it a hidden option behind a huge "THIS MAY CAUSE BAD THINGS TO HAPPEN" warning to frighten them like Firefox do? ...because Google hate user customisability.

I don't know. If you actually care you can probably ask on the mailing list; it is an open-source project after all.

(This week I read about attacks convincing users to open the dev console and paste Javascript code in there. Users will do anything as long as it harms their account or their computer, it seems.)

Re: Google enforcing Web store only extensions for Chrome

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Post by mhurron » Fri, Feb 14, 2014, 10:24 PM UTC

Touche wrote: post #80

mhurron wrote: post #78

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And what does that have to do with an ad blocker in Chrome? Lot's of companies sell content though the Play Store, maybe it's NBC that is forcing Google to remove the ad blocker /sarcasm.

> And what does that have to do with an ad blocker in Chrome? Google owns both Chrome and the Play Store...

So that means that people using the Play store can dictate what does and does not go into Chrome? Damn, I need to get that $25 developer account.

Again, what does movie distributors selling movies through the Play store have to do with the MPAA dictating what is and is not in Chrome?

Re: Google enforcing Web store only extensions for Chrome

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Post by userbinator » Fri, Feb 14, 2014, 10:51 PM UTC

doesnt_know wrote: post #57

blueskin_ wrote: post #20

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No, it's like taking away books because you can give yourself a papercut, or pencils because you can stab yourself with one - if you use common sense, you won't.

As someone who has worked in the mobile pc support industry, what HN users would call "common sense" isn't really that common. I don't think developers and power users truly understand how common the huge gap is between them and non-technical users. I've given sessions on things as simple as mouse movement and basic GUI file management with drag and drop is a challenge. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely do not support…

> Power should always be left in the hands of the user, the solution is education. 100% agreement. Of course, in some ways the industry doesn't want users to be educated, since then they would be hard to get to be under their control.

Re: Google enforcing Web store only extensions for Chrome

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Post by el_duderino » Sat, Feb 15, 2014, 6:45 PM UTC

skrowl wrote: post #61

nsmartt wrote: post #55

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Coming back to Firefox from Chromium was a wonderful experience for me. The majority of extensions I used on Chromium were inferior to their Firefox counterparts, due largely to limitations of the extension API. Aside from that, load speeds are fine, the devtools are phenomenal, and everything is great. I actually enjoy using my browser.

AdBlock Plus and Thumbnail Zoom Plus for Firefox are much better than their competition on Chrome

Don't use Thumnail Zoom. Check out a non snooping extension called "imagus"