https://internetarchive.github.io/wayback-machine-webextension/privacy-policy.html

I get you, the internet archive is a good cause however

I'm also conflicted, I've saved this post for now, maybe I decide to use the extension at some point.

Listen, you can just tell people you're doing your part in preserving history

Thanks, I just looked at my settings and realized that I hadn't checked that box.

Purely to contribute to the internet archive. There’s the “save page now” button that’ll save the webpage to your account, but the automatic downloader that I refer to in the post doesn’t do that and is purely for the sake of expanding the archive.

From my understanding, the Internet Archive's goal (granted that they manage to get through their current dilemma) is to archive the whole Internet, I wouldn't consider it to be bloat.