Chrome is now say it will not load the RescueTime extension. I could not find anything here about it. Will the extension be updated?
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Hey Patadeloso!
As you may know, Chrome is rolling out changes to extensions that will impact many extensions, including ours. The good news is that you don’t need the Chrome extension for RescueTime to work properly.
If you’ve installed the Windows or Mac desktop app, your time spent on websites in Chrome will still be tracked. The only users significantly affected by this change are Chromebook users, which represent a very small portion of our user base.
We’ll revisit our approach to the Chrome extension down the road, but for now, since it’s not critical to RescueTime’s functionality, we’re holding off on significant development until the situation stabilizes.
Thanks for your understanding!
Best,
JP
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I just started using a Chromebook! D’oh! 
Well, finally got around to checking into this, and it’s bad news! I’m only using a Chromebook and Android these days, so it is critical to RescueTime’s functionality for me. Guess it is time to look into your competition’s products!
@jpmyers You say that the only usecase this affects are Chromebook users but that’s not quite true. I have had to switch from a Macbook to a Linux-operated laptop for my work, and as you’ll probably know the Rescuetime desktop app is not available for Linux users. I was hoping to mitigate against this by at least tracking my online time with the browser extension, but appears that’s not possible either because Google has disabled the extension for Chrome? Feel like I’m being squeezed on both sides and if I can’t find some solutions my annual RescueTime subscription might soon start looking a lot less useful…