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Curious why a browser extension and not a site like https://hckrnews.com/ https://hckrnews.com/?
by pssdbt 4y ago
Curious why a browser extension and not a site like https://hckrnews.com/ https://hckrnews.com/?
- sjdz 4y agoGood question. There's a few key benefits: - It builds on the existing site, so the new design is always applied to HN urls. No need to visit a separate website. - Privacy - everything is stored locally in your browser, there's no 3rd party website to track your activity etc. Also with JSON backup you're in full control of your data. - Unlimited storage - local browser storage has limits, but extensions can request unlimited storage. This is useful for the history and bookmark features.