I Tested Every JSON Viewer After the Formatter Scandal. Here's What I Found.
Remember JSON Formatter? The Chrome extension with 200K+ users that auto-formatted JSON in your browser? In mid-2026 it went closed-source, partnered with GiveFreely, and started injecting geolocation tracking plus donation popups into checkout pages. The developer's defense was "it's for charity." The community's response was a collective "uninstall immediately." I'm a developer. I look at JSON…
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