Developer struggles to get ad-blocking Chrome extension approved due to vague Google Store rejections
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More flour than flavour. There's a bagel in here, just not much of one.
Summary
A developer describes their frustrating experience trying to publish an ad-blocking Chrome extension on the Google Web Store. Google keeps rejecting the extension with vague reasons—first claiming it was "spam," then citing "additional functionality" due to its use of declarativeNetRequest to modify network traffic (which is essential for ad blocking). Despite simplifying the code and adding references to open-source projects, the developer continues to receive canned responses and seeks advice on how to escalate the issue.
Key quotes
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When I asked the reviewer how I could achieve the stated functionality of blocking ads without the use of 'declarativeNetRequest' I simply received the same canned response.
I submit a totally new update that simplified the code and included comments, and references to other open source projects.
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