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Just as an anecdote, I wrote professional medical software that people purchased. At one point there was a browser API change that would negatively affect customers in a critical workflow, I forget the specifics. I think it had something to do with file uploads. Anyway, I worked around this by creating a small browser extension that people could install that would restore previous functionality.
Less than 0.01% of customers installed it. Maybe 10 people. Not even the loudest complainers installed it. It was a massive waste of time.
In the post mortum, we discovered that it's a complicated and strange process for average people to install an extension at all. They have no experience with it, and they don't know how to do it, and they didn't want to do it. It's not like installing an app, which is a more familiar process.
The only analogue I can think of in a similar situation is something like Steam Inventory Helper which is widely used with over a million users. But the demographic is vastly different, these people are PC gamers and used to modding files and such.
So really it depends on your demographic, and whether you truly need it. Just realise it will be a great filter.