ZenHub: Calling StorageArea methods fails

[jonathansampson]

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Describe the issue you encountered:
Running the following:

chrome.storage.sync.set({ a: 'b' }, function () {})

Other methods that fail:

• chrome.storage.sync.get

Throws the following:

Unchecked runtime.lastError while running storage.: "sync" is not available in this instance of Chrome

Expected behavior:
Calling the aforementioned APIs should not throw.

Platform (Win7, 8, 10? macOS? Linux distro?): Windows 10

Brave Version: 0.12.10

Any related issues: #4335, #5998