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I completely agree. At least on Firefox there is an extension that restores right click and it is open source. If you want to be extra sure you can audit the co

I completely agree. At least on Firefox there is an extension that restores right click and it is open source. If you want to be extra sure you can audit the code and package it yourself. This on the other hand appears to be closed source. Even if it is benign now, there is no telling when it might be sold and new owners may have more nefarious intentions.

lapcat 4y ago
> Even if it is benign now, there is no telling when it might be sold and new owners may have more nefarious intentions. I'll never betray the trust of my users, and anyway it's not going to be sold. Nobody has ever made me an offer, and it's unlikely that anyone could afford to acquire it. The extension is worth more to me as an indie dev than it would be worth to anyone else.
- withinboredom 4y ago
  Just playing Devil’s Advocate. This is your thoughts right now. If a real tangible offer came through for 10s of millions of dollars, would you still feel that way? What about when you die or become permanently offline for some other reason? Will your family sell it to the lowest bidder, delist it, or just leave it to bit rot? These are things everyone has to/should consider when granting software unfettered access to their machine.
  - lapcat 4y ago
    > Just playing Devil’s Advocate. You could just ask me questions without associating yourself with Satan. ;-) > If a real tangible offer came through for 10s of millions of dollars, would you still feel that way? I would definitely sell for 10s of millions of dollars! Indeed, I would sell for 1 million dollars. But nobody is going to offer me that LOL. > Will your family sell it to the lowest bidder, delist it, or just leave it to bit rot? They would have to leave it to "bit rot", because my source code is encrypted, and nobody else has my passwords. (The extension has no server component and should continue working fine indefinitely with no updates.)
    - withinboredom 4y ago
      One of my friends got offered 8 million for an extension a few years ago. The new owners put malware in it. Meanwhile, he’s still sailing around the Mediterranean on his yacht with his family… This is exactly the kind of thing people are worried about.
      - lapcat 4y ago
        > One of my friends got offered 8 million for an extension a few years ago. The new owners put malware in it. Which extension? Was this in the news? There aren't actually that many really big extensions.
        withinboredom 4y ago
        I’ve been asked not to share the name. It wasn’t a big extension though, only a few million installs. FWIW, they put it up for sale as a lark, not intending to actually sell it, on some business sales/acquisitions/mergers site and got more than their asking price.
        lapcat 4y ago
        > I’ve been asked not to share the name. Asked by whom? Your (hopefully former?) friend who sold out millions of people for malware? Are those millions of people aware that they were infected with malware? Not sure how this can be a secret. > It wasn’t a big extension though, only a few million installs. That's big! Apparently there are only 300some Chrome extensions with over a million users. https://www.debugbear.com/blog/counting-chrome-extensions https://www.debugbear.com/blog/counting-chrome-extensions My user base is orders of magnitude less, so I wouldn't worry about my selling out for $millions.
    - asvitkine 4y ago
      Presumably if lots of people trust your extension with access to their banking website, a nefarious actor could make steal more money to make that price worthwhile. Well, assuming they can transfer money out of people's accounts and get away with it, which obviously requires additional effort.

lapcat 4y ago

> Even if it is benign now, there is no telling when it might be sold and new owners may have more nefarious intentions. I'll never betray the trust of my users, and anyway it's not going to be sold. Nobody has ever made me an offer, and it's unlikely that anyone could afford to acquire it. The extension is worth more to me as an indie dev than it would be worth to anyone else.

withinboredom 4y ago
Just playing Devil’s Advocate. This is your thoughts right now. If a real tangible offer came through for 10s of millions of dollars, would you still feel that way? What about when you die or become permanently offline for some other reason? Will your family sell it to the lowest bidder, delist it, or just leave it to bit rot? These are things everyone has to/should consider when granting software unfettered access to their machine.
- lapcat 4y ago
  > Just playing Devil’s Advocate. You could just ask me questions without associating yourself with Satan. ;-) > If a real tangible offer came through for 10s of millions of dollars, would you still feel that way? I would definitely sell for 10s of millions of dollars! Indeed, I would sell for 1 million dollars. But nobody is going to offer me that LOL. > Will your family sell it to the lowest bidder, delist it, or just leave it to bit rot? They would have to leave it to "bit rot", because my source code is encrypted, and nobody else has my passwords. (The extension has no server component and should continue working fine indefinitely with no updates.)
  - withinboredom 4y ago
    One of my friends got offered 8 million for an extension a few years ago. The new owners put malware in it. Meanwhile, he’s still sailing around the Mediterranean on his yacht with his family… This is exactly the kind of thing people are worried about.
    - lapcat 4y ago
      > One of my friends got offered 8 million for an extension a few years ago. The new owners put malware in it. Which extension? Was this in the news? There aren't actually that many really big extensions.
      - withinboredom 4y ago
        I’ve been asked not to share the name. It wasn’t a big extension though, only a few million installs. FWIW, they put it up for sale as a lark, not intending to actually sell it, on some business sales/acquisitions/mergers site and got more than their asking price.
        lapcat 4y ago
        > I’ve been asked not to share the name. Asked by whom? Your (hopefully former?) friend who sold out millions of people for malware? Are those millions of people aware that they were infected with malware? Not sure how this can be a secret. > It wasn’t a big extension though, only a few million installs. That's big! Apparently there are only 300some Chrome extensions with over a million users. https://www.debugbear.com/blog/counting-chrome-extensions https://www.debugbear.com/blog/counting-chrome-extensions My user base is orders of magnitude less, so I wouldn't worry about my selling out for $millions.
  - asvitkine 4y ago
    Presumably if lots of people trust your extension with access to their banking website, a nefarious actor could make steal more money to make that price worthwhile. Well, assuming they can transfer money out of people's accounts and get away with it, which obviously requires additional effort.