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Keeps me wondering, can we still install extensions outside their store? Or did they plug the last escape hatch and fucked it all up?

• weaksauce 6y ago
  I would be extremely surprised if they remove that feature all together because extension development would not work at all.
• Guzba 6y ago
  Chrome can load unpacked extensions by enabling Developer mode in about://extensions. Google will definitely get up in your business if you try to distribute an extension on your website this way though.
  • sb8244 6y ago
    Can you go more into what they do if you try to bypass their distribution mechanism? Is there any existing posts sharing experience? I'm curious as this has always been my backup plan if Google takes this action against my extensions.
    • yunyu 6y ago
      It's fine on MacOS (albeit a bit clunky), and sideloaded upgrades end up creating two copies of the extension so you'll have to ship your own autoupdater. On Windows, it's a no-go as Chrome will display a scary warning every time you start the browser: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23055651/disable-developer-mode-extensions-pop-up-in-chrome https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23055651/disable-develop...
      • sb8244 6y ago
        Yikes. I use macos but definitely ship up windows. Appreciate you sharing this.