Switching to an extension providing a list of things to block or redirect to the browser rather than the extension having access to all content on every page that you visit.
I'd imagine that people don't vet extensions nearly as much as they should for the access they give them to all their web browser traffic. Not to mention an extension that is okay now may not be once sold to someone else (for those extension developers not as honorable as those of uBlock Origin and hoverzoom).
Oh man I've seen that happen before eg. a JSON parser
I feel the same. It's crazy what kind of extensions people just use, there is one called Snov or something, to add a pixel in emails... it's like dude, you gave this random company access to read your emails... idk.
which yeah... UBO but still that's open source at least. An extension you can view the source sure.
uBO is more exceptional than typical open source extensions. Its developers has shown themselves to be much more trustworthy and well-intentioned than Google.
I think, at some point, people should have the right to be stupid on their computers. What needs to change is holding them liable if their negligence affects others.
I'd imagine that people don't vet extensions nearly as much as they should for the access they give them to all their web browser traffic. Not to mention an extension that is okay now may not be once sold to someone else (for those extension developers not as honorable as those of uBlock Origin and hoverzoom).