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I've been building a browser extension called Curb Your Consumerism that detects when you're on a checkout page for a website and redirects you to a screen that
by jsomau 7y ago
I've been building a browser extension called Curb Your Consumerism that detects when you're on a checkout page for a website and redirects you to a screen that shows you how long you had to work to earn the purchase you're about to make. The idea is to get people to more consciously consume and in general reduce their consumption.
It's currently working, but I've stalled a bit because I'm not sure of the best way to promote it. ProductHunt is probably a good first step, but other suggestions welcome.
Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/curb-your-consumer.. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/curb-your-consumer....
Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/curb-your-con.. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/curb-your-con....
More info: https://www.curbyourconsumerism.app/#faq https://www.curbyourconsumerism.app/#faq
- AlphaWeaver 7y agoI want to thank you for making a Firefox extension. As a fellow WebExtension developer, I'm shocked to see how many extension "product" teams just skip adding a version for Firefox, when most of the code is the same (due to the shared standard.) Thank you for doing what's right!
- jsomau 7y agoThanks! It was a bit more work than I expected to be honest. I wish I had started originally using Mozilla's polyfill: https://github.com/mozilla/webextension-polyfill https://github.com/mozilla/webextension-polyfill
- reciprocity 7y agoI'd love to begin writing my own extension (or two) at some point in the near future so I appreciate the tip.
- top_kekeroni_m8 7y agoYour links are broken, here is the correct one for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/curb-your-consumerism/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/curb-your-con...