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Re:Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 Is Deceitful and Threate... by grotorea on Friday November 17, 2023 @01:56PM (#38308220)
It is at most as dangerous, probably less, as any other software I install on my computer. Why should I be allowed to install arbitrary PC software but not extensions?
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Re:Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 Is Deceitful and Threate... by orangecat on Friday November 17, 2023 @02:02PM (#38308318)
Why should I be allowed to install arbitrary PC software but not extensions?

Well, we know Apple's answer to that...

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Re:Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 Is Deceitful and Threate... by ragnese on Friday November 17, 2023 @03:30PM (#38309634)
Guess what they're going to come for next?

Tangentially, I remember how utterly disgusted I was when I first started seeing people on Reddit chastising others for rooting their Android phones. They'd keep saying that it's a "security risk" for me to have root... on MY device. I can feel my blood pressure rising just from typing that...

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