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> Don't browser extensions essentially represent the failure of the browser to provide features that users want/need? Browser extensions can exist to fill need
by duskwuff 3y ago
> Don't browser extensions essentially represent the failure of the browser to provide features that users want/need?
Browser extensions can exist to fill needs which are specific to one web site (e.g. "Clickbait Remover for Youtube"), or which are so esoteric and/or ridiculous that they shouldn't be a core component of a web browser (e.g. "Cloud to Butt").
- wintermutestwin 3y agoBut those extensions don't require "Access your data for all websites."
- duskwuff 3y agoThe YouTube one doesn't, but Cloud to Butt does -- its purpose is altering text on any web site you visit, and that requires access to those sites.