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That is exactly how it works even with the extension. By building what ammounts to a GUI to a glorified database you are deciding on the interaction level with the database.

The fact that the extensions helps automate some tasks if a different matter. If it were an industrial level scraper that scraped anything public... that could be considered malicious and can cause tangible financial losses.

This extension on the other hand... You can't really justify sending a threat like that. You can come up with excuses but that is it.



Yeah. Imagine sending a C&D to an extension developer because their software is helping people break free from their social media feed addictions. Can't have that, it's reducing ad impressions!

It's like Facebook wants people to hate them.




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