Many temptations of an open-source Chrome extension developer
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HN comment orderChatGPT for Google was #1 on HN earlier this year. Check out the GitHub repo now: that person sold the extension. I had a small side project extension, ~25,000 installs & free to use. I got enough inbound interest trying to "help me monetize" that I thought it would be worth cataloguing all the different unsavory avenues: https://mattfrisbie.substack.com/p/the-ugly-business-of-mone...
I found this list from a recent comment by extesy on another HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27326974. A similar list was also posted by another extension developer a few months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25884338.
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| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-25 | Many temptations of an open-source Chrome extension developer | extesy | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-05-29 | Many temptations of an open-source Chrome extension developerFirst breakout | tech234a | 214 | 61 |
| 2023-08-09 | Many temptations of an open-source Chrome extension developerBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | hk__2 | 1123 | 360 |
| 2025-03-15 | Temptations of an open-source browser extension developer (2021) | homebrewer | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-10-31 | Temptations of an open-source browser extension developer (2021)Hall induction | JelteF | 3 | 0 |
| 2026-01-18 | Temptations of an open-source browser extension developer | homebrewer | 6 | 0 |