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Password managers don't need extensive permissions, they just need a built-in autofill API. Similarly, you could implement a basic adblocker via a declarative c
by Ajedi32 8y ago
Password managers don't need extensive permissions, they just need a built-in autofill API. Similarly, you could implement a basic adblocker via a declarative content blocking API.
Fine-grained permissions will allow for this sort of thing.
- seanwilson 8y agoDoes that cover the functionality of most popular extensions though? When there's an API that matches up with the purpose of the extension, it's more straightforward. I would have thought the popularity of those particular example extensions is what partially drove the creation of those APIs as well.
- Ajedi32 8y agoThe APIs I mentioned in my previous comment don't exist yet. My point is that Google is going to need to _build_ APIs to fulfill all of the most common use cases (including those ones) in order to succeed in their goal of making extension permissions more fine-grained. So yes, the functionality of most popular extensions will be covered by the new APIs, because Google will designing the new APIs with those popular extensions in mind.