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For any extension that makes any money, the solution is a deposit scheme.

"Google will withhold $1 per user of your ad revenue forever. If your extension is found to contain malware, you forfeit all the $1's. Decisions on malware'y ness shall be made by XYZ malware researchers."

Allow a developer to get back their $1 when a user uninstalls the extension, or the developer stops making the extension. Also give the developer a certificate anytime showing how many $1's you hold of theirs (they could use that to get a loan from someone willing to trust them not to distribute malware).



Not really a solution, just the minimum price a buyer would need to pay.


True. But even the most profitable malware won't want to forfeit hundreds of millions of dollars for a popular chrome extension.




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