Google has mysteriously removed the popular browser extension ClearURLs from the Chrome Web Store. ClearURLs is a privacy-preserving browser add-on which automatically removes tracking elements from URLs
according to its develo
per, can help protect your privacy when browsing the Internet
in a mysterious move by Google last night, users saw ClearURLs disappearing from the Chrome Web Store with its page throwing a 404 (not found) error message
"The mention of all the people who helped to develop and translate ClearURLs is against Google's rules because it could 'confuse' the user. Ridiculous," continued Roebert.
Google also stated that the description of the extension did not mention it contained certain features, such as the settings import/export feature, logging functionality, and a donation button which was misleading
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you can still grab the extension (.crx file) in the releases:
https://github.com/ClearURLs/Addon/releases
Drag-and-drop that file into your chrome browse
not for novices btw you need know what and how to do this method
@ecksmc 
Yeah, right.
@ecksmc Google doesn't want those URLs cleaned up, do they?
@sazemisery nope
it work int the same way CoSo-Sanitizer worked it striped all the tracking stuff from URLs like all th stuff after ? in urls
not saying it was the same as coso sanitizer but worked kinda the worked same
The developer appealed to Google against the blocking of the extension and heard from Google.
In a copy of the email shared by the developer, Google claims that the description of the extension is "too detailed" and in violation of Chrome Web Store rules