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I was more than happy to pay $5, but I don't think it helps with abuse at Chrome's scale. The abuse got so bad that Google is forcing Manifest v3 [1] on developers to seriously limit what extensions can do. Beyond the abuse, most of the extensions in all the stores, Chrome, Firefox, Edge and especially Opera, are not designed and maintained well.

[1] https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv3/intro/

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Is the abuse because $5 is too little or because the initial permissions and policies too lax?

Not sure what you mean about poor design or maintenance. The lower barrier to entry means there are many more options and often unmaintained extensions get forked. (If their license is permissive, which is more often the case when the creator doesn't have to pay $100 per year.)

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