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Simple answer: Yes. Longer answer: I install any such extension with full knowledge of their potential to cause breakage, and consequently my first reaction to
by chao- 11y ago
Simple answer: Yes.
Longer answer: I install any such extension with full knowledge of their potential to cause breakage, and consequently my first reaction to a broken page is to issue a reload with the extension disabled.
The web being programmatically accessible and end-user-malleable is a strength, not a weakness.
- Zarel 11y agoBut many (I'd put my money on "most") users' first reaction isn't to issue a reload with the extension disabled. A lot of users aren't even aware of what extensions they have installed, and their first reaction is to file a bug report to the website. It would be nice if there was some way to prevent users from reporting bugs if they have extensions modifying the website in certain ways, or at least warn them to try disabling their extensions first. I wouldn't even mind a whitelist for certain well-behaved ad blockers, but certain extensions are well known for being bad (many extensions _inject_ ads, which is a recipe for website breakage).