So Google is going to help me have more privacy by preventing me from letting extensions I want to run from having access to data I want that extension to have, so it can do a job I want it to do. Meanwhile, Google's software will of course have full access to everything I do online, and most of my data will live on Google servers. And the extension that I want to have access is also downloaded from Google servers. And the extension is open source, so I can totally check it for problems, or believe people I trust who vouch for it. Of course, I can't do that with any of the code on Google's servers, where basically everything I do all day, everything I read, everything I search for, and all my emails and documents are.
I used to vouch for AdBlockPlus, sometimes extensions change for the worse. They can he hijacked too. HN readers are a small subset of Chrome users. There are many malicious pages out there that attempt to get you to install malicious extensions and the average user will blindly listen. Most people will not check the source, or even reviews.
Yep, when chrome started forcing "logins" to the browser whenever you log in to their services, I knew it was time for me to stop relying on Google's browser.
I used to like 'other thing', and one time 'other thing' changed.
It went bad so therefore 'thing you are talking about' could go bad too.
Other unrelated grouping is a small part of bigger, more important grouping.
There are many bad places that try to do many bad things and bigger, more important grouping will listen.
Therefore, existing and functional solution that is currently being broken here is irrelevant.
Do you even hear the completely irrelevant cynicism? let's all go jump off a building.
Gmail users let third parties access their data, i.e., their e-mails. We should not blame Google if Gmail users can decide whether a third party can access their e-mails.
Well too bad, because there were news articles shared all over the place and crazy outrage. People were calling for fines or for Google to be broken up.
Or look at flashlight apps that steal your text messages. People shout and scream that Android shouldn't permit this or that Google shouldn't have them on the Play store. But pull a lever to make these things harder and suddenly it is about freedom and how Fdroid is the only good store.
While we're at it, we should require every $20 bill a person has to be attached to their belt with a long rubber band. That way they can pull the rubber band and get their $20 back, since apparently it's necessary to protect people from randomly handing out their $20 bills.
Got it.