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Maker of Chrome extension with 300K users tells of constant pressure to sell out
- PaulHoule 3y agoOne more reason why browser extensions should die. I tell people if you install too many plugins you die from pluginitis. You should install an ad blocker and maybe something anti-tracking but that is it.
- faeriechangling 3y agoNah. I'm a little more fond of the "userscript" model than extensions since they tend to be a little more transparent, but Google, Apple, Microsoft, and even Mozilla are never going to enable the same functionality that extensions provide.
- jcelerier 3y agoThanks but no thanks, the time saved from the extensions I use everyday would require a pretty big privacy breach in my life to be offset.
- thfuran 3y agoMalicious plugins could probably enact a pretty big privacy breach in your life.
- lapcat 3y ago"Temptations of an open-source Chrome extension developer" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37066680 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37066680 6 days ago, 358 comments