[jillesvangurp]

Technically, this is just a lightweight way to package up minor settings changes as an alternative to pushing a normal update to do the same. Both are perfectly normal and I think today's situation totally justifies using this to fix this. They do offer a way to turn this off just like you can opt out of security updates if you insist. For the vast majority of users, automated updates are a good thing.

It's kind of cool that this worked without a browser restart. My extensions just reappeared while I was watching some netflix.