Chrome extension developer here and I can absolutely confirm that this is true. The last few years they've gotten more and more strict about which permissions

Chrome extension developer here and I can absolutely confirm that this is true. The last few years they've gotten more and more strict about which permissions they hand out. The one I need is similar to ad blocking and every time I request ANYTHING new they're very strict about explaining why I need it. Our extension Allows you to convert pages from HTML to EPUB and for this I need the ability to fetch any arbitrary image and read the data and that's not actually possible from Javascript due to CORS. The turnaround time for each approval is also increased and it takes about 72 hours for us to get approval for every change right now. Our extension if you're interested: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/save-to-polar/jkfdkjomocoaljglgddnmhcbolldcafd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/save-to-polar/jkfd...