{"id":213532,"date":"2020-01-28T07:24:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T23:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/?guid=ac7d6c76ebcde9ff6ac155f29ad878fc"},"modified":"2020-01-28T07:24:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T23:24:30","slug":"google-temporarily-suspends-paid-extension-updates-in-the-chrome-web-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2020\/01\/28\/google-temporarily-suspends-paid-extension-updates-in-the-chrome-web-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Google temporarily suspends paid extension updates in the Chrome Web Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/google-temporarily-suspends-all-paid-extensions-chrome-web-store\" title=\"Google temporarily suspends paid extension updates in the Chrome Web Store\" georiot-ignore=\"true\" class=\"norewrite\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.androidcentral.com\/sites\/androidcentral.com\/files\/styles\/large_wm_brw\/public\/article_images\/2016\/04\/chrome-web-store-hero.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"intro\">There&#8217;s no ETA for when the ban will be lifted.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"aside news-summary\">What you need to know<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"end\">\n<li>The Chrome Web Store will no longer accept paid extensions.<\/li>\n<li>Updates to paid extensions already published have also been blocked.<\/li>\n<li>The change in policy is a temporary measure aimed at halting a tide of fraudulent transactions involving the extension marketplace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While Google this week launched experiments that make its browser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/google-simplifies-its-upcoming-duet-redesign-chrome-mobile\" georiot-ignore=\"true\" class=\"norewrite\">much harder to use<\/a>, it&#8217;s also been dealing with others&#8217; attempts to mess with Chrome. Over the weekend, Simeon Vincent, Extensions Developer Advocate at Google, <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/a\/chromium.org\/forum\/#!topic\/chromium-extensions\/EW0VuDjZSO4\" georiot-ignore=\"true\" class=\"norewrite\">told<\/a> Chrome Web Store developers that the company was temporarily suspending all paid extensions.<\/p>\n<p>This means that paid extensions will no longer be accepted into the Chrome Web Store, and those that have already been published will no longer receive updates.<\/p>\n<p>Google explained the rather harsh change by referring to a recent uptick in fraudulent transactions involving the paid extensions. Vincent further clarified that this was not a permanent move, however, and is meant to be a stopgap while the search giant figures out how to tackle the issue:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Due to the scale of this abuse, we have temporarily disabled publishing paid items. This is a temporary measure meant to stem this influx as we look for long-term solutions to address the broader pattern of abuse.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For developers whose software has been rejected for &#8220;Spam and Placement in the Store,&#8221; he suggests this change in policy is the most likely reason for it. Those affected are asked to reply to the rejection email with a request for an appeal, at which point Google may decide to approve your extension update. However, Vincent points out that this process must be repeated for every single version update.<\/p>\n<p>The message, posted to the Chromium Extensions forum on Google Groups, also clarifies that the change only affects extensions that make use of the Chrome Web Store&#8217;s payment options; so extensions that rely on payment via their own website, for example, may be exempt from the clampdown.<\/p>\n<p>The post made no references to when the ban would be lifted. &#8220;We do not have a resolution timeline at the moment,&#8221; said Vincent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/google-chrome-adds-real-time-phishing-prevention-and-compromised-password-warnings\" title=\"\" class=\"cta large norewrite\" georiot-ignore=\"true\">Google Chrome adds real-time phishing protection and compromised password warnings<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/androidcentral\/~4\/jaMsgq1XLKg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s no ETA for when the ban will be lifted.<\/p>\n<p>What you need to know<\/p>\n<p>The Chrome Web Store will no longer accept paid extensions.<br \/>\nUpdates to paid extensions already published have also been blocked.<br \/>\nThe change in policy is a temporary measure aimed at halting a tide of fraudulent transactions involving the extension marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>While Google this week launched experiments that make its browser much harder to use, it&#8217;s also been dealing with others&#8217; attempts to mess with Chrome. Over the weekend, Simeon Vincent, Extensions Developer Advocate at Google, told Chrome Web Store developers that the company was temporarily suspending all paid extensions.<\/p>\n<p>This means that paid extensions will no longer be accepted into the Chrome Web Store, and those that have already been published will no longer receive updates.<\/p>\n<p>Google explained the rather harsh change by referring to a recent uptick in fraudulent transactions involving the paid extensions. Vincent further clarified that this was not&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2020\/01\/28\/google-temporarily-suspends-paid-extension-updates-in-the-chrome-web-store\/\">\u95b1\u8b80\u5168\u6587 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":837,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"slim_seo":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[451,2,7],"tags":[398,402,397,414,413,410,409,407,408,406,399,400,394,10,401,396,403,412,411,395,405,404,457,455,454,456],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7prtj-Ty4","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213532"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/837"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213533,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213532\/revisions\/213533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}