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We make life easier with things like: - versioning, - packaging extensions for different extension galleries, - collecting payments, - gathering analytics (extension views, installations etc.).
Ping me at niespodd@gmx.ch if interested.
Question unrelated to app, but to your experience: Why did options market making not work out?
Congrats on shipping! I've just installed and I'm curious on how do you plan to monetize this extension (since it's free and doesn't collect the URLs of the sites visited).
The extension is free at the moment. We plan on releasing for other browsers in the upcoming weeks. We plan on monetizing either through a premium tier with productivity tools built for power users or charging a very low amount from every user.
I've been thinking on this for a few minutes, and I'm realizing I have no idea on what criteria YCombinator funds anymore. This seems like something the Pinboard Investment Co-Prosperity Cloud might have funded. The extension looks cool (outside of it being proprietary) and it looks like you did a good job on it! I'm just trying to think of reasons as to why YC is trying to mimic Softbank. The only reason I can think…
What about other browsers? Or other online distractions that aren't related to web browsers? For myself, extensions like this doesn't work at all, and for most addicted will not work as well. Would like to see extensions that doesn't block but make reading Facebook or other services extremely annoying. For example: I go to 9-5 job, and when I open Facebook all posts are from PornHub. Without a way to turn this off, s…
Thanks for letting us know. Extensions for other browsers are in the works, and will be available soon. That's a good point - making Facebook annoying to be on is a solution. We currently let you block elements like the newsfeed. As we ourselves found out, however, we want Facebook to be easy to use when we need to do legitimate work, and only block us when we aren't. Thus, we came up with a middleground.
I once knew a guy that beat his own dad with a keyboard when he threw away his computer because he was spending all his time scrolling through FB. Internet addiction is very hard, extensions are one way to solve them (noprocrast setting on HN is another one...). Good that someone is tackling this problem. :)
I've been thinking on this for a few minutes, and I'm realizing I have no idea on what criteria YCombinator funds anymore. This seems like something the Pinboard Investment Co-Prosperity Cloud might have funded. The extension looks cool (outside of it being proprietary) and it looks like you did a good job on it! I'm just trying to think of reasons as to why YC is trying to mimic Softbank. The only reason I can think…
Actually, if you read http://www.paulgraham.com/startupideas.html and http://www.paulgraham.com/altair.html, this startup is the sort that pg was writing about. That's why I told these guys to include the bit about solving a problem they themselves had; it's a classic marker. See also http://www.paulgraham.com/organic.html: "Don't be discouraged if what you produce initially is something other people dismiss as a toy. In fact, that's a good sign."
It's a fun exercise to imagine a path from the small thing to a big thing. Can we do it in this case? I'd say so. Online distractions, addictions, and the exploitation of human attention by big-tech companies are a big deal. Reclaiming control over time and attention could be something that a lot of people care about.
I've been thinking on this for a few minutes, and I'm realizing I have no idea on what criteria YCombinator funds anymore. This seems like something the Pinboard Investment Co-Prosperity Cloud might have funded. The extension looks cool (outside of it being proprietary) and it looks like you did a good job on it! I'm just trying to think of reasons as to why YC is trying to mimic Softbank. The only reason I can think…
I've been thinking on this for a few minutes, and I'm realizing I have no idea on what criteria YCombinator funds anymore. This seems like something the Pinboard Investment Co-Prosperity Cloud might have funded. The extension looks cool (outside of it being proprietary) and it looks like you did a good job on it! I'm just trying to think of reasons as to why YC is trying to mimic Softbank. The only reason I can think…
Yeah I’m wondering what was written on the “how does this become a $100m business” field on the YC application form.
I've been thinking on this for a few minutes, and I'm realizing I have no idea on what criteria YCombinator funds anymore. This seems like something the Pinboard Investment Co-Prosperity Cloud might have funded. The extension looks cool (outside of it being proprietary) and it looks like you did a good job on it! I'm just trying to think of reasons as to why YC is trying to mimic Softbank. The only reason I can think…
Yeah I’m wondering what was written on the “how does this become a $100m business” field on the YC application form.
I've been thinking on this for a few minutes, and I'm realizing I have no idea on what criteria YCombinator funds anymore. This seems like something the Pinboard Investment Co-Prosperity Cloud might have funded. The extension looks cool (outside of it being proprietary) and it looks like you did a good job on it! I'm just trying to think of reasons as to why YC is trying to mimic Softbank. The only reason I can think…
YC has always funded startups where the initial idea seems small but the founders seem effective and it's possible to imagine a path from the small thing to a big thing. That's one of YC's favorite kinds of startup to invest in. The fact that they seem odd and not worth funding is an advantage! Actually, if you read http://www.paulgraham.com/startupideas.html and http://www.paulgraham.com/altair.html , this startup i…