Browser Extensions
topic on 3 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes
4 statements about Browser Extensions, every show
Hudson: Browser extensions have never been an attractive investment space
“It's a browser extension. Never has really been an attractive investment space.”
Eich: Browser extensions have fundamentally weaker security than native apps
“The extension is just weaker. Both in terms of its powers, but also its security model. If it's doing its own secure store for a private key, it's just in a weaker footing than a native app by design.”
Monetizing browser extensions is tough because users expect them for free
“Conversion extremely tough. I put it to you this way. If I was addressing 10,000 people in a room and said, how many people have something, some browser extension for which you could define the product's value proposition as being delivered by the extension? I…”