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Re: Ask HN: Make money on browser extension – possible?

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How about developing and supporting a browser extension for some company? Have you researched what extensions are able to do? For example extensions for VPN service which is never free. I would like to pay for adBlock if it becomes paid, I do not use any other extension regularly.

VPN and adblock are good examples of extensions that give real value to the user. When it comes to writing code for someone, I was more interested in the idea for a startup and its business model.

VPN is not just a browser extension, this is properly configured someone's computer and an improper way of receiving VPN service.

Adblock is also not just a browser extension, this is a result of some community willing to reverse engineer whatever the web throws at me.

Re: Ask HN: Make money on browser extension – possible?

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I've seen multiple products that let teams collaborate/leave comments on any website. Examples that I found now: - ruttl.com/website-annotation-tool - xaviesteve.com/common but I remember seeing others in the recent months on r/SaaS and r/SideProject.

Do you mean reddit or are there threads on HN?

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Re: Ask HN: Make money on browser extension – possible?

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post #7

I've seen multiple products that let teams collaborate/leave comments on any website. Examples that I found now: - ruttl.com/website-annotation-tool - xaviesteve.com/common but I remember seeing others in the recent months on r/SaaS and r/SideProject.

Here, I found the most recent one that got my attention: https://www.justbeepit.com/

Re: Ask HN: Make money on browser extension – possible?

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post #7

I've seen multiple products that let teams collaborate/leave comments on any website. Examples that I found now: - ruttl.com/website-annotation-tool - xaviesteve.com/common but I remember seeing others in the recent months on r/SaaS and r/SideProject.

I sometimes post on Reddit about https://www.pageshare.dev/ . It's more suitable for web apps because it copies websites.

Disclaimer: I'm the author of it.

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