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Why should there not be a middle ground between “can do absolutely everything with all my data” and “is basically a glorified bookmark button” based on the leve
by lxgr 2mo ago
Why should there not be a middle ground between “can do absolutely everything with all my data” and “is basically a glorified bookmark button” based on the level of trust I have for an extension?
- inigyou 2mo agoBecause the browser already has bookmark buttons
- mzajc 2mo agoBecause security is the pretext, not the goal here. I'm sure browsers could have better security controls for extensions, but giving users extra control over software doesn't seem to be very popular among corpos nowadays.
- account42 2mo agoBecause the middle ground would require the browser defining what an extension can and cannot do which defeats the entire point of extensions.