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>> "Chrome forces you now to use (and pay for!) the web store" Huh? Seems free for me to use. What specifically do you have to pay for?

tokenizerrr 13y ago
I think he means for developers. There's no way to distribute extensions for free now, where before they could be self-hosted.
- dragonwriter 13y ago
  > There's no way to distribute extensions for free now, where before they could be self-hosted. Unless I misunderstand the blocking of non-web-store extensions, you can distribute extension for free, just not to Windows users.
  - deleted 13y ago
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  - iamjustin 13y ago
    > Just not to Windows users. Oh okay, so you'd just lose out on ~90% of the market?
- hansjorg 13y ago
  They can still be self-hosted, but you're not able to install just by clicking on them. You have to download the crx file and then drag it into the extensions window.
  - tokenizerrr 13y ago
    Currently, yes. But in the article linked [1] above they claim that that too will be prohibited starting january [1]: http://blog.chromium.org/2013/11/protecting-windows-users-from-malicious.html http://blog.chromium.org/2013/11/protecting-windows-users-fr...
akurtzhs 13y ago
It costs $5 to get a developer account for the Chrome Web Store. Cheap compared to an iOS developer account, but still...
- k-mcgrady 13y ago
  Yeh, that seems pretty reasonable especially when you consider the price of other dev programs (just had to renew my iOS membership today).
  - untog 13y ago
    No, let's not go down the path of saying things are OK because they're better than the worst option out there.
    - cwp 13y ago
      Ok, it seems pretty reasonable, when you consider how easy it is to obtain five dollars.
      - jamesaguilar 13y ago
        I can see it MAYBE being an issue in countries where income isn't as high as the U.S., but at least for any American, or anyone in any industrialized country, the $5 fee to get an account is not a significant impediment.
        PavlovsCat 13y ago
        "at least for any American, or anyone in any industrialized country" Yeah, nobody can't possibly be that poor, eww! And who needs talented people in the third world making great extensions and possibly finding better jobs or at least global recognition that way.
        victorhooi 13y ago

tokenizerrr 13y ago

I think he means for developers. There's no way to distribute extensions for free now, where before they could be self-hosted.

dragonwriter 13y ago
> There's no way to distribute extensions for free now, where before they could be self-hosted. Unless I misunderstand the blocking of non-web-store extensions, you can distribute extension for free, just not to Windows users.
- deleted 13y ago
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- iamjustin 13y ago
  > Just not to Windows users. Oh okay, so you'd just lose out on ~90% of the market?
hansjorg 13y ago
They can still be self-hosted, but you're not able to install just by clicking on them. You have to download the crx file and then drag it into the extensions window.
- tokenizerrr 13y ago
  Currently, yes. But in the article linked [1] above they claim that that too will be prohibited starting january [1]: http://blog.chromium.org/2013/11/protecting-windows-users-from-malicious.html http://blog.chromium.org/2013/11/protecting-windows-users-fr...

akurtzhs 13y ago

It costs $5 to get a developer account for the Chrome Web Store. Cheap compared to an iOS developer account, but still...

k-mcgrady 13y ago
Yeh, that seems pretty reasonable especially when you consider the price of other dev programs (just had to renew my iOS membership today).
- untog 13y ago
  No, let's not go down the path of saying things are OK because they're better than the worst option out there.
  - cwp 13y ago
    Ok, it seems pretty reasonable, when you consider how easy it is to obtain five dollars.
    - jamesaguilar 13y ago
      I can see it MAYBE being an issue in countries where income isn't as high as the U.S., but at least for any American, or anyone in any industrialized country, the $5 fee to get an account is not a significant impediment.
      - PavlovsCat 13y ago
        "at least for any American, or anyone in any industrialized country" Yeah, nobody can't possibly be that poor, eww! And who needs talented people in the third world making great extensions and possibly finding better jobs or at least global recognition that way.
        victorhooi 13y ago