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Actually hilarious that we have people here defending removing extensions, as if they didn't live through the days of Internet explorer. Well, maybe they didn't I hope they enjoy the eventual return of popups.


> Actually hilarious that we have people here defending removing extensions, as if they didn't live through the days of Internet explorer.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Gen Z didn’t live through it.


They never left they're just called modals now.


Endless EU Cookie modals that you have to always click through because you clear cookies.


All the more reason why we need to be able to automate our browser through extensions.


a) Those can be closed along with the website because they are all inside the same tab.

b) Extensions can remove them, which is the pont of this discussion.




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