You might not have the wrong approach here, but I think OP is looking for something more authoritative than "This is what I think, based on what I think."
These malicious extensions have been identified so far:
AdBlock
Ads Block Ultimate
Amazon Price History
Color Enhancer
Convert Everything
Cool Cursor
Floating Player – PiP Mode
Free MP3 Downloader
Free VPN Forever
Full Page Screenshot
Google Translate in Right Click
I Like Weather
Instagram Downloader
One Key Translate
Page Screenshot Clipper
RSS Feed
Save Image to Pinterest on Right Click
Translate Selected Text with Google
Translate Selected Text with Right Click
Weather Best Forecast
World Wide VPN
YouTube Download
Urban Dead was what came to mind for me too! That was going to be my rebuttal to the comments saying "The only reason to limit stuff is paywall." Kids these days can't imagine life in the Internet's "make some shit just because it's cool — if it gets too popular we'll sell t-shirts" era.
I'm not OP, I just read the post.