# Chrome Mask

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/chrome-mask/

7 people recommended Chrome Mask in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 6 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Firefox add-on that makes sites see Chrome with one button click, useful on specific sites. Written by a Firefox engineer.

Summary written by Claude from 6 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Makes sites see Chrome (4 comments in the sample): "sound even better since I just switch my user agent to chrome anyway" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46191038)) "A user-agent spoofer like Chrome Mask is helpful here" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49516671)) "allows you to only look like Chrome on specific sites" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46004688))

## Other browser extensions people recommend

- [SponsorBlock](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sponsorblock/): 125 recommend, 5 mixed, 4 criticize
- [Firefox Multi-Account Containers](https://hackerapproved.com/p/firefox-containers/): 54 recommend, 18 mixed, 11 criticize
- [NoScript](https://hackerapproved.com/p/noscript/): 50 recommend, 9 mixed, 11 criticize
- [Unhook](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unhook/): 44 recommend, 2 mixed, 5 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Chrome Mask", https://hackerapproved.com/p/chrome-mask/ (7 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.