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by seanwilson 3374 days ago
> Also, being that chrome extensions are comprised of just HTML/CSS/Javascript, anyone can easily view and replicate the source code and compete against you. The only way that I know to circumvent this is to have your chrome extension interface with your server, where the actual functionality is hosted.

I wouldn't worry about this. If a competitor literally uses your code that's copyright infringement. For the vast major of apps you don't need to look at their code to figure out how to replicate them anyway. Minifying your code will make it unpleasant enough to look at the source files.

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Hah, yeah fair point.