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=== Google account requirement to download extensions ===

Since around 2022, a Google account is required to be able to install extensions from the Google Chrome Web Store.<ref>[https://superuser.com/questions/633706/how-to-install-extensions-in-chrome-without-a-google-account How to install extensions in Chrome without a Google Account? - Super User]</ref>

=== Mandatory pull-to-refresh ===

In 2019 (Chrome version 75), Google made it impossible to turn off the pull-to-refresh gesture on the mobile version of Chrome, and refused to add it back after a high number of complaints.

Pull-to-refresh is known for causing accidental refreshes when the user intends to scroll up.

<ref>[https://chromestory.com/2019/07/disable-pull-to-refresh-on-chrome-for-android/ You Can No Longer Disable "Pull to Refresh" on Chrome for Android - Chrome Story]</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/2025.10.07-180843/https://issues.chromium.org/issues/391378124 No way to disable pull-to-refresh [391378124] - Chromium]</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/2022.07.23-114402/https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/8391096/wanting-to-know-how-to-disable-pull-to-refresh-as-it-s-no-longer-showing-up-in-flags?hl=en Wanting to know how to disable pull to refresh as it's no longer showing up in flags - Google Chrome Community]</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/2022.07.23-114400/https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/8152831 Missing Android Chrome 75 flags disable-pull-to-refresh-effect How to disable it now? - Google Chrome Community]</ref><ref>[https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-google.html Google's Software Is Malware - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation]</ref>

==See also==

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 === Google account requirement to download extensions ===
 Since around 2022, a Google account is required to be able to install extensions from the Google Chrome Web Store.<ref>[https://superuser.com/questions/633706/how-to-install-extensions-in-chrome-without-a-google-account How to install extensions in Chrome without a Google Account? - Super User]</ref>
+=== Mandatory pull-to-refresh ===
+In 2019 (Chrome version 75), Google made it impossible to turn off the pull-to-refresh gesture on the mobile version of Chrome, and refused to add it back after a high number of complaints.
+Pull-to-refresh is known for causing accidental refreshes when the user intends to scroll up.
+<ref>[https://chromestory.com/2019/07/disable-pull-to-refresh-on-chrome-for-android/ You Can No Longer Disable "Pull to Refresh" on Chrome for Android - Chrome Story]</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/2025.10.07-180843/https://issues.chromium.org/issues/391378124 No way to disable pull-to-refresh &#x5B;391378124&#x5D; - Chromium]</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/2022.07.23-114402/https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/8391096/wanting-to-know-how-to-disable-pull-to-refresh-as-it-s-no-longer-showing-up-in-flags?hl=en Wanting to know how to disable pull to refresh as it's no longer showing up in flags - Google Chrome Community]</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/2022.07.23-114400/https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/8152831 Missing Android Chrome 75 flags disable-pull-to-refresh-effect How to disable it now? - Google Chrome Community]</ref><ref>[https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-google.html Google's Software Is Malware - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation]</ref>
 ==See also==