"Download this browser extension so we won't track you without consent" isn't a very good proposition no matter how internet literate you are. I'd argue that the very concept of internet literacy is broken if any of this sounds normal to you.
If said browser extension actually doesn't track you, this is a non-sequitur.
Hard to argue an extension tracks you if the single only thing it ever does is print "Hello" on top of every page you visit... still that extension would need to be able to access and modify every site you visit by definition.
The exact same thing is happening here.
[1] https://www.reviewgeek.com/45420/over-70-chrome-browser-exte...