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Re:React Armor: Protect your DOM from third-party tampering by Zarel on Monday February 29, 2016 @11:51PM (#11200852)
Yes, but most users don't take responsibility for the extensions they install quite that way.

The problem comes if you install a browser extension (or acquire malware that installs a browser extension for you), forget about it, and then blame the website when the website stops working, often filing bug reports (increasing the support load of the website).

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Re:React Armor: Protect your DOM from third-party tampering by Klathmon on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @05:44AM (#11201924)
And don't forget the bad-mouthing on social media.

Just look at hacker news. Many posts have someone complaining how the site is broken only to find out they have disabled scripts or have a night mode extension, or disabled webgl but forgot about it, or they programed their router to drop all packets that were going to a url that included "google" anywhere in it (including mysite.com/google-blog-post, true story)

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