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> Yes, but those plugins will now require more expansive permissions requests when enabling them, correct?

If history has taught us anything it's that forcing users to agree to allow access in order to get what they want doesn't stop them from doing it. Especially when programs apps and extensions are required to ask for broad access to accomplish even the smallest tasks that the warnings become meaningless noise. If I want ads blocked and I trust a company enough to install their blocker I'm not going to uninstall it just because it needs access to the content I want it to check over for the presence of ads. No matter how many warnings I get or how scary they sound I still want ads blocked.



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