Qui prodest is the question you must ask when you hear the usual points against, mostly security. It's not that every person that dislike extensions or repeat the same arguments is paid by "them", but it's a little shocking seeing so many negative opinions in a forum called Hacker News.
This comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39251996 by Retr0id hits the nail in the head. It's not that we cannot modify the software, but there are so many layers of inconvenience... what about modifying and recompiling the browsers themselves? They're so big now. The solution would be extensions. But no. Security.
This comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39251996 by Retr0id hits the nail in the head. It's not that we cannot modify the software, but there are so many layers of inconvenience... what about modifying and recompiling the browsers themselves? They're so big now. The solution would be extensions. But no. Security.