Yeah, this exactly. Google goes out of their way to be as unfriendly to adblockers as possible in Chrome. I don't know why anyone is still even using Chrome or why you would want to support them (by value-adding to their browser) with your efforts.
One path I haven't seen mentioned: the official chromium-extensions Google Group. Googlers from the Chrome Extensions team actually reply there, and a clear public post with your item ID gets a human eye the appeal form never does.
My $0.02: I suspect each time you submit, you're evaluated by someone different, and everyone has their own interpretation of the criteria.
When you submit, assume every time that you're going up against someone who's going to miss context from the prior submissions.
> I can't help but think Google has some internal policy to give adblockers a runaround.
Ding ding ding. Stop using chrome!
"Excuse me sir, would you mind carrying this extension that goes against your core business of selling ads?"
Publish it as a Firefox add-on instead.
Yeah, this exactly. Google goes out of their way to be as unfriendly to adblockers as possible in Chrome. I don't know why anyone is still even using Chrome or why you would want to support them (by value-adding to their browser) with your efforts.
because it's still the fastest browser with the most intuitive UI, which is all the vast majority of people care about
Edge is better, with only downside is that MS keep pushing Bing on its users.
> all the vast majority of people care about
apparently, as demonstrated by this post, they care about ad-blockers too..
google is an ad company. mow different lawns
I ship a small extension too, so this hits home.
One path I haven't seen mentioned: the official chromium-extensions Google Group. Googlers from the Chrome Extensions team actually reply there, and a clear public post with your item ID gets a human eye the appeal form never does.
https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/chromium-extensio...
Good luck, genuinely.