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I forked an extension released under MIT license because of this -- original author pushing shady updates. After I re-released it on the Chrome Store, now I ge

• Danieru 13y ago
  That sounds like a fine grey-hat tactic. Fork existing extensions, generate several thousand fake installs. Then sell to the first bidder. Rinse & Repeat and you'll make a profit and turn the market for second hand extensions into a market for lemons. If it happened enough the buyers would start being more cautious. The bar for minimal installs will go up and more proof will be expected. Soon enough the buyer's intentions will be clear to any extension owner.
  • MasterScrat 13y ago
    I wouldn't be so optimistic. > The bar for minimal installs will go up and more proof will be expected. Or the Store would be flooded with infected cloned extensions that some idiots will install anyway. > Soon enough the buyer's intentions will be clear to any extension owner. That's not the problem: developers could trivially be informed of this risk when they submit their extension on the Store.