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Okay, if you absolutely must then make that specific API require extra audit approval from the extension store, but breaking it outright is throwing out the baby with the bathwater; in a world where the FBI outright recommends an adblocker because ads are such a strong malware vector ( https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/22/fbi-ad-blocker/ ), it's irresponsible to undermine uBo.


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kccqzy10/11/2024

Nobody likes extra audit approvals. The platform doesn't want to spend resources doing the audit. The developers don't want to be audited.

The Firefox version of uBlock Origin Lite was pulled due to unsatisfactory audit process: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41707418

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