Google’s reasoning behind the change refers publicly to security concerns with malicious extensions. In particular, one of the main reasons is that it will block the installation of bundled crapware that comes with installers from places like CNET or Sourceforge. More information on the Chromium Blog. Comment Name * Email *

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