> Yes, but extensions have to go through review to be in supported channels, and review will absolutely look at over-entitlement of submitted extensions. Okay,

> Yes, but extensions have to go through review to be in supported channels, and review will absolutely look at over-entitlement of submitted extensions. Okay, then Google can use that same review process for apps that request access to the blocking API. If you've decided to trust the review process to ferret out unneeded permissions, then copying Firefox's model and having a `blocking` permission should be fine. Either way, removing blocking webRequests isn't improving anyone's privacy. The same review process is required that would have been required before, and the same kind of spying is possible when that review process fails.