That's exactly what it is- taking the choice away from the user. There were other options they could have taken- such as warning a user when installing an exten

That's exactly what it is- taking the choice away from the user. There were other options they could have taken- such as warning a user when installing an extension that uses these APIs, or building out a new asynchronous API (like Firefox did). Instead they choose to go with the option that screws over users but might make them more money.