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by richardsocher 1686 days ago
I get it. There are tons of sketchy extensions. We'll open source our extension so you can see the entire 33kB that's needed to make one settings change. Also, you can try it out in incognito mode or change those settings manually and hence give it a try :)

But most people need the simplicity and convenience of a few clicks in order to give it a proper try.

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> But most people need the simplicity and convenience of a few clicks in order to give it a proper try.

... how about zero clicks, by showing search results when someone searches in Chrome using your search box?

What about changing devices. I'm not going to install an extension to search when I have Google at hand on my phone.
bruh, i use a chromium-based browser which doesn't support extensions (or an incognito mode) as of this moment. i ain't installing chrome just for some stupid setting, just saying.

sounds like a severe case of tunnel vision...

We don’t trust you not to modify the extension in an update. And no, publishing hypothetical source does not address that.