The review mechanism of Chrome Web Store is becoming increasingly worse.

[Buff]

ItemID: kdllmcbmmpodaanhafejcpfamcljnobf , flhbkccofabjoiphncbedainkoipgggf

I submitted these two extensions approximately 2-3 days ago and received a rejected notification today, indicating the presence of "obfuscated" code snippet:
"assets/index.ts-2774be1d.js: yu(gp + a).then(() => {...".

Upon my examination, this code also originates from Firebase. I firmly believe this wasn't subjected to human review, as the code includes a copyright notice from Google LLC. This is highly disappointing - the review is automated, yet so slow and of poor quality.

I am really disappointed. My other extension has been under review for 2 weeks, which is 10 business days, and it's still in review. This is just terrible.

[李白|字一日]

Can't agree more:)

Buff <buffp...@gmail.com> 于2023年12月15日周五 20:35写道：

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[Patrick Kettner]

Hello Buff,

The rejection you received on kdllmcbmmpodaanhafejcpfamcljnobf was due to the same firebase issue that has been discussed here several times. It was found during a manual review of your code. There is no special privilege given a Firebase, or any Google product in the Chrome Web Store. Any code being used must follow the same guidelines.

Both items were last updated on the store 3 days ago - which extension are you referring to when you say it is still in review after 10 days?

patrick

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[Buff]

Firstly, as an official personnel, I appreciate your prompt response to my inquiry, but with all due respect I must say it doesn't come as a huge surprise, as you have never been able to resolve issues in the past. (I have given feedback on 3-4 occasions over the past year, and you have responded each time, but none of the issues have been resolved.)

Firstly, the Firebase remote JS issue has persisted for 2 months now, and both Firebase and CWS have not provided any resolution. I have fixed this in the output file by removing references to several remote files using Node.js (I am quite disappointed with your team issue resolution capability).

Additionally, the issue I reported concerns Red Titanium, which still originates from the Firebase SDK.

[Patrick Kettner]

Hello again Buff

> you have never been able to resolve issues in the past

This is not a support channel, and your previous issues were about your extensions trademark infringement. I am not sure what resolution you would be looking for.

> Firstly, the Firebase remote JS issue has persisted for 2 months now, and both Firebase and CWS have not provided any resolution.

The issue is Firebase not being compliant with CWS policy. I am not sure what resolution you expect the CWS to provide. 

That being said, if you look at the issue I linked to in my last message, you will find that I shared an 800 word walkthrough of the issue and workarounds for it 3 months ago (in addition to multiple other updates).

> Additionally, the issue I reported concerns Red Titanium, which still originates from the Firebase SDK.

Thank you for sharing the actual violation, but as mentioned before this is not a support channel. As mentioned in your other threads, you will need to contact One Stop Support.

You did not respond to my question - did you see it?  "Both items were last updated on the store 3 days ago - which extension are you referring to when you say it is still in review after 10 days?"

patrick

[Buff]

I'm just here to discuss CWS review issues with other developers, I don't expect you to solve anything.

[Patrick Kettner]

Hi Buff,

Did you see my question - "Both items were last updated on the store 3 days ago - which extension are you referring to when you say it is still in review after 10 days?"

I absolutely encourage the community to hold the Store accountable, but also want to make sure there is no underlying issue that I am unaware of occurring. 

[李白|字一日]

I decide not to publish any chrome extension further.

Buff <buffp...@gmail.com> 于2023年12月15日周五 21:28写道：

[Buff]

To be honest, nobody really cares.

The Chrome extension does not bring any revenue to Google. They'd rather spend more time making fake promotional videos for Gemini; guess what the stock is just a joke.

[Aleem Mawani]

@Patrick - despite the negativety, thank you for being on this forum and providing a direct line of communication with the CWS team. It's invaluable to not have a support team intermediate the discussion. 

It's much appreciated.

[Patrick Kettner]

Thanks Aleem! Very happy to have you a part of the community :D

patrick

[李白|字一日]

I don't care either. I get  nothing but dictatorship from google.

Buff <buffp...@gmail.com> 于2023年12月16日周六 00:33写道：

[李白|字一日]

And create a specific privilege when i need website favicons. It is insanely stupid and evil. Only demons can think that way. how can a favicon be a security issue?

How stupid and evil they are!

李白|字一日 <cali...@gmail.com> 于2023年12月16日周六 11:34写道：