define 'simple'. if chrome ripped the whole extension framework out of the source code, a 'simple' fork will suffer the same fate. (notably Edge also doesn't support uBlock Origin anymore.)
They haven't ripped the whole extension framework (yet...) they just marked 1 extension as "malicious" which causes Chrome to automatically disable it. Presumably this is based on proprietary logic that ties Chrome to the Chrome Web/Add-on Store
