Browser Extensions

topic on 3 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes

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4 statements about Browser Extensions, every show

TBPN Opinion
Hudson: Browser extensions have never been an attractive investment space
“It's a browser extension. Never has really been an attractive investment space.”
Ryan Hudson Apr 9, 2025 ▶ 1:02 HONEY Founder Responds to MegaLag -- Ryan Hudson on TBPN
ACQUIRED Insight
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.”
Brendan Eich Feb 15, 2022 ▶ 1:15:51 The Browser (with Brendan Eich, Chief Architect of Netscape + Mozilla and CEO of Brave) · Acquired
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…”
Saul Fleischman Sep 14, 2020 ▶ 5:13 RiteKit 431k Email List, Conversions Tough?
Dimitrov: Consumers pay for Spotify but refuse to pay for extensions
“People are not really used to paying for extensions. And yeah, it's quite strange because they would pay like nine dollars for Spotify per month, but nine dollars for dark mode, unacceptable.”
Stanislav Dimitrov Sep 13, 2020 ▶ 8:36 NightEye App Lands 2500 Customers Using Unique SEO Fiverr Writing Stratetgy

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