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Re:How Google obliterated my 4 year old Chrome extension wit... by froh on Thursday October 22, 2020 @07:10AM (#24856788)
Thank you for this background detail! So actually instead of google, it was FB who with trademark protection legislation took down the app.
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Re:How Google obliterated my 4 year old Chrome extension wit... by Fnoord on Thursday October 22, 2020 @07:16AM (#24856825)
It was Google who complied. They didn't have to (there was no jurisprudence); they chose to.

Is Mozilla going to comply with a C&D for removal of Facebook Container for Firefox [1]? I think not.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24849452

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Re:How Google obliterated my 4 year old Chrome extension wit... by tinus_hn on Thursday October 22, 2020 @07:48AM (#24857016)
An important question is, did Google ever tell the author who made the complaint so he could contact them or countersue? From the mails that are shown they don’t reveal anything apart from ‘a third party acting on behalf of Facebook’.
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Re:How Google obliterated my 4 year old Chrome extension wit... by omega3 on Thursday October 22, 2020 @08:10AM (#24857147)
It's clearly stated in the email, it was company called Appdetex on behalf of Facebook. It even has a name of the person who submitted the claim.
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