The analytics script in question raised several red flags, one developer citing that it was made to look like an analytics script only. The new owner uploaded a new version of the extension that requested more permissions, made remote calls and used a remote analytics script. The Great Suspender was sold to an unknown entity in mid-2020.
Read and change all your data on the websites that you visit.This extension requests the following permissions:
➤ Built from open source code for full transparency
➤ Configurable behaviour when browsing offline or on battery power ➤ Detects tabs that contain forms with user input and can prevent them from suspending ➤ Detects tabs playing audio and can prevent them from suspending ➤ Vastly improves performance when restarting chrome with a large number of open tabs ➤ Optionally show screen capture of tab before it was suspended ➤ Whitelist specific urls or domains that you do not want to suspend Tabs that have not been viewed after a configurable length of time will be automagically suspended in the background, freeing up the memory and CPU being consumed by that tab. Perfect if you have a lot of tabs open at the same time. Description from store A lightweight extension to reduce chrome's memory footprint.