Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shopping on Amazon or eBay

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Post by thunderbong » Sat, May 08, 2021, 12:35 PM UTC

Chrome extension recommends local businesses while shopping on Amazon or eBay
chrome.google.com

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#2

Post by drcongo » Sat, May 08, 2021, 1:48 PM UTC

Avoid this tax-avoiding, bullying monopoly by using this other tax-avoiding, bullying monopoly.

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#3

Post by foreigner » Sat, May 08, 2021, 1:55 PM UTC

I've considered building this in the past, nice to see somebody's actually done it!

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#4

Post by bassdropvroom » Sat, May 08, 2021, 2:01 PM UTC

Only a matter time before they sell user data. Make it open source.

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#5

Post by drcongo » Sat, May 08, 2021, 2:03 PM UTC

drcongo wrote: post #2

Avoid this tax-avoiding, bullying monopoly by using this other tax-avoiding, bullying monopoly.

Downvotes suggest some people failed to understand the comment. A browser extension for avoiding Amazon, that only works in Google's browser. I'm baffled why one tax-avoider is fine while the other is to be avoided.

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Post by guerrilla » Sat, May 08, 2021, 2:10 PM UTC

drcongo wrote: post #5

drcongo wrote: post #2

Avoid this tax-avoiding, bullying monopoly by using this other tax-avoiding, bullying monopoly.

Downvotes suggest some people failed to understand the comment. A browser extension for avoiding Amazon, that only works in Google's browser. I'm baffled why one tax-avoider is fine while the other is to be avoided.

I don't think that's implied, is it? A lot of people already use Chrome to access Amazon and eBay, so they wrote the extension for Chrome. Maybe they'll port the extension to less popular browsers later and they're just prioritizing or maybe they don't think it's worth it. I'd like to try it on Firefox and I'm not installing Chrome just for this but I don't blame them either...

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Post by dane-pgp » Sat, May 08, 2021, 2:13 PM UTC

bassdropvroom wrote: post #4

Only a matter time before they sell user data. Make it open source.

If you're looking for an open source Chrome or Firefox extension that helps people lessen their support of Amazon, then there's this:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/not-today-jeff/hoa...

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/not-today-jef...

https://github.com/codders/not-today-jeff

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Post by corytheboyd » Sat, May 08, 2021, 2:13 PM UTC

drcongo wrote: post #5

drcongo wrote: post #2

Avoid this tax-avoiding, bullying monopoly by using this other tax-avoiding, bullying monopoly.

Downvotes suggest some people failed to understand the comment. A browser extension for avoiding Amazon, that only works in Google's browser. I'm baffled why one tax-avoider is fine while the other is to be avoided.

It’s downvoted because the subject of this submission is a chrome extension, not Google.

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Post by drcongo » Sat, May 08, 2021, 2:15 PM UTC

corytheboyd wrote: post #8

drcongo wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Downvotes suggest some people failed to understand the comment. A browser extension for avoiding Amazon, that only works in Google's browser. I'm baffled why one tax-avoider is fine while the other is to be avoided.

It’s downvoted because the subject of this submission is a chrome extension, not Google.

I thought Chrome was a Google product. My mistake.

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Post by batch12 » Sat, May 08, 2021, 2:16 PM UTC

drcongo wrote: post #5

drcongo wrote: post #2

Avoid this tax-avoiding, bullying monopoly by using this other tax-avoiding, bullying monopoly.

Downvotes suggest some people failed to understand the comment. A browser extension for avoiding Amazon, that only works in Google's browser. I'm baffled why one tax-avoider is fine while the other is to be avoided.

I didn't downvote (can't), but it was probably the dismissive snark which didn't add anything to the discussion moreso than the idea that earned the downvote. Also, some people are tired of the reflexive kneejerk company-bashing overall. Most of us can acknowledge that these companies have problems, but to shitcan what appears to be a personal project because it runs in Google Chrome is an overreaction.