How Google obliterated my 4 year old Chrome extension featuring 24k+ users

Re:How Google obliterated my 4 year old Chrome extension fea... by ythl on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @09:51AM (#12443339)

Before I even read the article I knew the extension was an ad-blocker.

All these people make ad-destroying apps and extensions and then act flabbergasted when big companies relying on ad-revenue don't like that and file complaints to get them taken down.

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Re:How Google obliterated my 4 year old Chrome extension fea... by zenopopovici on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @09:58AM (#12443401)

But it's not why it was taken down ... :)

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Re:How Google obliterated my 4 year old Chrome extension fea... by ythl on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @10:04AM (#12443441)

Try an experiment, then. Create a new account and submit the extension under a new name unrelated to facebook. Grow your userbase to a size significant enough that FB notices.

I am betting that FB will get it taken down again. Trademark Infringement was just the scapegoat for your original extension. The real reason it was taken down was because it was harming FB's business model for a growing portion of its userbase.

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