unable to use the extension in Chrome, can't get out of Disable mode

[bradbulger]

Just updated Chrome to 130.0.6723.59 (I don't have any control over that.) but even before then, the extension icon has stopped responding in any useful way. If you click on it, the 4 options appear, but you can't choose any of them. You can click on eg "Debug" and the background color changes to blue, but the popup stays open and the extension does not change to Debug mode.

Also, shift-option (aka "alt")-x does not do anything on the Mac. I never tried it before, when the extension was working, so I don't know if that's significant or not.

This was all working a few hours ago. I don't think that there would have been two updates of Chrome, but since it's being updated by our IT dept without my involvement, I couldn't swear that hadn't happened. There is language like "Warning this extension may be removed" but it's still there in the App Store for me.

I tried removing it and re-enabling it, no joy.

I'm on Mac OS 14.7.

Inspecting the popup, Chrome shows these errors

Unchecked runtime.lastError: Could not establish connection. Receiving end does not exist. Error handling response: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'status') at chrome-extension://eadndfjplgieldjbigjakmdgkmoaaaoc/popup.js:64:42

[whitewalker-sa]

I stumbled across the same issue when trying to download the extension in both Chromium and Chrome. Chrome web store popped this message: "This extension is no longer available because it doesn't follow best practices for Chrome extensions". When I went to the the support channel they said I must contact the maintainer to upload it.

This is bullying to be honest. I cannot express my frustration on how big tech companies are taking the freedom of developers and researchers who made these products to be where they are today.

I understand if they enforce these policies on their commercial products but why not grant us the freedom of choice to enable it on Chromium or any open source browsers.

[ciltocruz]

See #117