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by kkamperschroer 4092 days ago
I'm a Chrome extension author and I've been contacted at least a half-dozen times by shady companies that want me to add some "totally unobtrusive" ad-injection javascript into my extension.

I've been told I could make $0.50/user based in the US per month. That would be a nice raise, for sure, but I'm not the type of person willing to sell out my users to make a little extra dough. Plus I am a user of my own extension, and I don't want ad-injection. And how long could one possibly retain users once you start injecting ads? Probably a steady decline until your left with the users that don't know where the ads are coming from.

Selfish plug to my extension here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/musicality-music-p...

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I know this isn't the place or time, but I got your extension and I would like to request that the archive.org music player be added to it. I do not know how to contact you through your site or send a pm through here or github.
Thanks. I'll add it to my backlog!