This seems something super easy to fix, but Google already has problems with apps on the Play Store, so not sure if I expect much better on the Web Store.
At this point, uBlock is sketchy while uBlock Origin is well respected, but it seems hard to come up with a rule that would justify banning uBlock?
Regarding the question, I do not know either. I guess a lot of it falls on the user, and not much can be done about that.
Perhaps something like Mozilla's recommended extensions program (Apple already has to approve apps, so vetting is applied to Safari extensions, too) could be applied to the Chrome Web Store?
More context on how things were around the time of the initial transfer: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/38#issuecomment-918...
On the iOS and Android app stores, a not-uncommon problem is that shady actors will claim the name of an upcoming app or game before it releases on the store, which makes it hard for the actual product to get added when it launches. In some cases this has forced a developer to rename their title.
Even Apple's $99 fee does not prevent a ton of shady apps.
> shady actors will claim the name of an upcoming app
Huh, never heard of this. Do you have any links/readings about that?
Another story I don't have an easily accessible news link for: A chinese game studio launched US and Japanese versions of their title, and their original Japanese business partner registered the trademark themselves and tried to extort them with it. In the end they found a new partner and renamed the title (so it has a unique Japan-only name separate from the name used in other regions)