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by untangle 1297 days ago
I use this category of tool all the time, and I've tried at least a dozen of them.

Based on about an hour of usage, Unclutter is my favorite -- nudging out my current tool-of-choice (Tranquility!). Great job.

I would obviously like for you to continue development. Having said that, I have no great monetization advice. Nor do I even have any burning desire for new features. While I would expect to make progress on the latter, the money thing will be tough.

Some thoughts on money: Since I'm a power user of this type of software, I might pay $10/yr or so for Unclutter. But I have been told that such a low price do not a business model make. I think that your tool is squeezed between the "it's a vitamin" and "lots of good free options exist" pincers. As a sidenote, social features don't appeal to me.

Whatever you decide, I wish you luck. I'm on Firefox/Mac BTW.

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Thank you! I agree, Unclutter might be a useful product but not a good business. At least there are other benefits to working on an open-source project like this.

Have you tried the "library" aspect of the extension? Click on the "Saved in library" button in the top left and you'll see all your recent articles. What do you think of that?