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It used to be true (for years) that Chrome extensions couldn't block loading, so my guess is not everyone's realized that it's changed. Pre-2012, Chrome had no
by _delirium 13y ago
It used to be true (for years) that Chrome extensions couldn't block loading, so my guess is not everyone's realized that it's changed. Pre-2012, Chrome had no way to block a request, so you could write an ad-hiding extension, but not an extension that blocked web-bug/tracker loading. The webRequest API was added in 2012, so now extensions can do that.