I read through that whole discussion the other day and thought this was the best comment: Is a browser something fundamentally under the user's control, or is

I read through that whole discussion the other day and thought this was the best comment: Is a browser something fundamentally under the user's control, or is it something fundamentally under the corporate entity's control? Asked in a poignant way, is Chrome my agent, or is it really just an agent of Google? By directing my browser to someone's website, am I necessarily giving up all permission to a (well-placed) cabal to take over my computer and do with it as they collectively wish? After all, detecting of ad blockers or objectionable behaviors done via extensions remains perfectly feasible: if you don't want to show me your content under my configured extension regime, you aren't forced to.