[andybak]

Clicking through a few pages of options is EXACTLY the level of discouragement needed for users who really shouldn't be touching such things.

[Houshalter]

That's a terrible idea. Menus shouldn't intentionally be designed to be user hostile. Instead just give a warning message, preferably one that is actually informative and appropriately scary looking.

There is a middle ground between letting any malware on the machine install whatever extensions it wants with no user consent, and banning users from installing extensions entirely.

[jpadkins]

> I really don't get how abuse of a feature is grounds to remove a feature.

If you do the right thing for your users first, this is what you do. You put user needs over developer needs.