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4 days agoMaybe because you can’t make sure the server uses the code it advertises without modification (The source code could be open and safe, but how can you make sure the website is actually using that?), while the extension is open source and could be downloaded directly from Github by the user. And if enough websites start using this system, it could gradually stop being an extra extension for that one website.
If it’s a solid extension which could be used by other websites, and it’s explained clearly like in your post by the website which needs it, then probably yes.