An image downloader without ads, affiliate links or tracking
Image downloaders need to read the pages you visit, which is also what an extension needs to inject ads or rewrite shopping links. Most do neither, but a few popular ones have been removed from the store or have collected reviews about redirects. Before you install one, it takes two minutes to check.
Checklist for any extension
Permissions at install. On the Chrome Web Store listing, open "Privacy practices" and the permission prompt. "Read and change all your data on all websites" at install means it can run on every page, all the time.
Affiliate disclosure. Search the listing description for "affiliate" or "recommendations". Store policy requires a disclosure if an extension earns from links.
Content scripts. If the extension adds buttons or toolbars to pages you didn't click it on, it runs scripts there by itself.
Recent 1★ reviews. Sort by newest and look for "redirect", "ads", "popup" or "antivirus".
Privacy policy. It should say what is collected and whether it leaves your computer.
What PixLasso does
Ads or affiliate links
None
Analytics or tracking
None. No servers; the only request PixLasso makes itself is checking a Pro license key
Runs on pages
Only when you click the icon or the right-click menu
Permissions at install
No access to websites; it reads only the tab you click it on. Access for ZIP or conversion is asked the first time you need it, for just those sites if you prefer
Remote code
None; everything ships in the package the store reviews
Price
Free up to 30 images per download, no daily limit; Pro US$9.99 once, no subscription