The problem is that scary as that is, as I understand, in order to interact with browser content itself, that permission is necessary. So it isn't possible to implement, say the Language Tool extension, or something that changes the appearance of webpages without that permission. I haven't looked at all these extensions to see if the permissions they ask are reasonable for what they do.
Perhaps it would be possible to create more granular controls, although I don't think it would be a simple task.
The current situation, is unfortunately bad for both users who must grant scary permissions to use useful extensions, and for extension authors who must ask for permissions that are more broad than what they really need, because it is the only option.
Perhaps it would be possible to create more granular controls, although I don't think it would be a simple task.
The current situation, is unfortunately bad for both users who must grant scary permissions to use useful extensions, and for extension authors who must ask for permissions that are more broad than what they really need, because it is the only option.