I forked an extension released under MIT license because of this -- original author pushing shady updates.
After I re-released it on the Chrome Store, now I get emails trying to buy "my" extension from me.
After I re-released it on the Chrome Store, now I get emails trying to buy "my" extension from me.
If it happened enough the buyers would start being more cautious. The bar for minimal installs will go up and more proof will be expected. Soon enough the buyer's intentions will be clear to any extension owner.
> The bar for minimal installs will go up and more proof will be expected.
Or the Store would be flooded with infected cloned extensions that some idiots will install anyway.
> Soon enough the buyer's intentions will be clear to any extension owner.
That's not the problem: developers could trivially be informed of this risk when they submit their extension on the Store.