

But on this Monday, Google took a big step to ban such extensions altogether.

Initially, extensions not adhering to this rule were rejected or removed from the Google Extension Store. But over 90 percent of the developers haven’t acknowledged this rule.

They were allowed to be used by explicitly informing users about its usage and what exactly it did. Google was lenient until now regarding crypto-mining extensions. Mining Cryptocurrency in the browser may not be the adequate way to get rich, but if you happen to be a developer and get thousands or lakhs of machines to mine for you, the extra money won't burn your pocket! While Cryptocurrency related Ads and Promotions were banned by Google Adwords, now Chrome Web Store also follow the same path.
