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by matheusmoreira 1901 days ago
Google's changes actually make a lot of sense. 99% of extensions out there should not be able to touch user data at all due to the simple fact they'd abuse this privilege.

uBlock Origin just happens to be so incredibly important and trusted that an exception should be made for it.

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Yet on Google's other large ecosystem (Android), they will happily let apps collect way more private data than this with zero limits in the name of user freedom. In both cases, they made the decision that best serves the company bottom line, nothing more.