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		threeseed on July 4, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google to developers: We take down your extension ... The surprising thing is that they let the extension exist for so long. Google makes most of their money from ads. If you interfere with that then of course you'll be in trouble.

mort96 on July 4, 2018 [–]

Then why are there still ad blocking extensions? Wouldn't uBlock Origin interfere way more than this extension?

bitL on July 4, 2018 | [–]

Maybe it's the next hidden step and this one was just testing the waters for the level of public outcry?

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