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Find out a little bit about the buyer and make sure they're honorable enough to not turn your extension into malware.
by jimrandomh 11y ago
Find out a little bit about the buyer and make sure they're honorable enough to not turn your extension into malware.
- ryanlol 11y agoWhat's malware here? If you're referring to ad replacement/injection that's by far the best and pretty much the only way of monetizing free extensions.
- joegray 11y agoThere have been instances [1] of shady companies buying popular chrome extensions and then injecting ads and affiliate links in every website. There was an interesting reditt AMA earlier this year from the dev of popular extension Honey [2] on this topic This could greatly tarnish the reputation of the OP and therefore should ask the company what they plan to do with the extension. If the answers are vague and it does not look like the company is buying the extension for the benefit of the consumers, walking away from the deal might be a better situation. [1] - http://www.labnol.org/internet/sold-chrome-extension/28377/ http://www.labnol.org/internet/sold-chrome-extension/28377/ [2] - https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1vjj51/i_am_one_of_the_developers_of_a_popular_chrome/ https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1vjj51/i_am_one_of_th...
- ryanlol 11y agoWhat else could they possibly be doing to monetize it that'd be less malicious?