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Comment on: Temptations of an open-source Chrome extension developer (2021)
Keeping track of which extension goes rogue or what eventually breaks if not maintained gets really tiring.
After dealing with this so many times, some strategies have stuck:0. Prefer extensions that work locally, no data sent out anywhere.1. Keep an extension audit profile, meant for testing them a bit.2. Use different extensions for my main daily driver profile, shopping comparison profile, etc.2. The audit profile also has bookmarks of the extensions I'm using and others for later review, or looking back, helps me declutter the main profile a bit.3. Use https://chrome-stats.com/ to check th