It sounds like Google needs to flag ownership changes and NOTIFY USERS about them
before the next auto-update of that extension.
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NoteBuddy has been transferred from Joe Garage to Russian Mafia LLC.
Do you want to keep this extension enabled?
[ Da ] [ Nyet ]
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- DaveSimmons
While this may seem like the most convenient step, it's actually not that simple either. The majority of users don't want to be notified of too many things and more notices may just be ignored. This is especially true of users with many extensions. As an alternative, it's possible to put extensions into a probationary period (I don't know if they already do this) when it's first created or the ownership has changed.
Extensions are reaching the wild-west of Play and no one's happy about that except malware/adware authors. If Google continues to serve more free users than their quality capacity (already a problem with every other service they offer), it won't be long before people move on.
And they will move on. Contrary to what most people believe, no one rules one domain forever. Whether it's the big iron of IBM, telecom of Bell, OS of Microsoft or the services of Google. Someone else will eventually wrestle in on your domain.
Extensions are reaching the wild-west of Play and no one's happy about that except malware/adware authors. If Google continues to serve more free users than their quality capacity (already a problem with every other service they offer), it won't be long before people move on.
And they will move on. Contrary to what most people believe, no one rules one domain forever. Whether it's the big iron of IBM, telecom of Bell, OS of Microsoft or the services of Google. Someone else will eventually wrestle in on your domain.