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minus-squareperson420@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoTo be fair all the “dancing around and jumping through hoops” is enabling developer mode (which is just a switch in the extension settings) and turning back on manifest 2 in chrome://flags then just reloading the extension.
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agogiven that you know about them. they will also get removed soon according to their description. lots of users won’t get to know all this, or if they do, they won’t go messing around there because “its complicated”
To be fair all the “dancing around and jumping through hoops” is enabling developer mode (which is just a switch in the extension settings) and turning back on manifest 2 in chrome://flags then just reloading the extension.
given that you know about them. they will also get removed soon according to their description.
lots of users won’t get to know all this, or if they do, they won’t go messing around there because “its complicated”