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by Wowfunhappy 335 days ago
To what end? So Google can see how it works and still patch it?
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deryilz 335 days ago
Yeah, this was my thought process. I get the appeal, but I don't think a million-user open-source extension is gonna start relying on a clear bug to function.
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scotty79 335 days ago
At least it would make them work for it.
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Wowfunhappy 335 days ago
It would be creating more work for the Ublock Origin developer[1]; as far as I can tell it wouldn't be creating any extra work for Google, which has to patch the issue anyway.

1: Assuming he even elected to do it; I know I wouldn't.

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account42 334 days ago
According to the article it would have been two additional lines for the extension developers.
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