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At this point, I'm not installing any browser extensions, period.

OP's problem wasn't that they had it installed, it's that enough of their users did to make it a problem when it breaks the site's CSS.

Browser extensions are the equivalent of running random .exe on your computer except that you have to trust every vendor protecting their keys forever due to the autoupdate.

The biggest problem with browser extensions is that the source code (both css and javascript) is not easy to read/check.

There should be an easy "view source" for extensions inside Chrome and extensions should be mandated to ship non-minimized code.

But our users do.

Not even ublock?

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