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Maker of Chrome extension with 300,000+ users tells of constant pressure to sell out
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this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2023
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I get these offers almost daily for my Chrome extension, and have done for years. I couldn't do it to the users, but they wouldn't be making the offers if some people weren't accepting.
Exactly. I don’t get them as often as daily, but I have gotten a bunch. I just mark them as spam and move on with my life. Not only would I never sell my hard work to a shady company, but I’d also never willfully harm my user base. It’s like scam calls I suppose. To me, routine scam calls are blatantly obvious, but since I still get them so frequently, they must be fooling some people.