Re:Google enforcing Web store only extensions for Chrome
by simias on Friday February 14, 2014 @05:46AM
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Why don't they simply give me a config flag to change the behaviour? I understand what they are trying to do but it annoys me to have to use non-stable releases just so that I can use a couple of useful extensions not available from the store.
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Re:Google enforcing Web store only extensions for Chrome
by blueskin_ on Friday February 14, 2014 @06:33AM
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Didn't you get the memo? Choice and customisability is decadent and goes against the wishes of Big Google. Why would you even need to customise a telesc^H^H^H^H^H^H Chrome Install anyway? Big Google knows best.
Re:Google enforcing Web store only extensions for Chrome
by TazeTSchnitzel on Friday February 14, 2014 @06:46AM
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Larry Page Is Watching You
Re:Google enforcing Web store only extensions for Chrome
by coloncapitald on Friday February 14, 2014 @06:57AM
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I'm curious. Which useful extensions are you talking about and why are they not listed in webstore? The one extension that I mentioned has two versions. The non-webstore version doesn't abide to Google's T&C [lets you download Youtube videos].
Re:Google enforcing Web store only extensions for Chrome
by simias on Friday February 14, 2014 @08:02AM
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Some devs don't bother to put their extensions in the store, for instance this extension to play music files embedded in image files on 4chan: http://dnsev.github.io/4cs/
I doubt it violates any T&C but I could be wrong.
Re:Google enforcing Web store only extensions for Chrome
by xtracto on Friday February 14, 2014 @07:47AM
(#7238183)
Nothing that OllyDBG and a free weekend cannot fix ;)
When/If this affects me, it will be an entertaining challenge to create a crack which disables the "allowed to install?" instruction. Seems quite simple.