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First, Chrome needs to alert the user before updating an addon that has changed owners, and the default should be "do not update". This change should be pretty uncontroversial.

Second, Google needs to modify their policy towards Chrome addons to disallow ad injections and all user tracking.

There should be a clear demarcation between addons and "apps" in the Chrome store. Apps can be legitimately supported by ads. Addons shouldn't be.



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