[pavanky]

Not sure if everyone is reading the entire article. Here are two relevant points.

> we’re enforcing the following changes starting in Chrome 33 Beta and stable channels for Windows

> Users can only install extensions hosted in the Chrome Web store, except for installs via enterprise policy or developer mode

This only affects Windows. Users who want to install extensions can still do so but the process has been made a little bit more explicit (i.e. do it via developer mode).

It sounds like this step was done to protect naive users who are not aware they are downloading malicious extensions.

Please point out if I am wrong in my assumptions.