> But by and large the problem is that the anchor price for the browser and browser extensions is $0.
Great point. This was my thought initially which is why I suggested my friend to try a donation/pay-what-you-want model [1] before even trying to charge money for it outright. This might give an indication of whether the app solves a pain point enough to make people pay for it.
The donation pay what you want model suggests that the developers think the product might not be worth anything. My advice for a business: figure out how much you need to charge to make enough money to run the business and charge well in excess of that. If people pay it, then there's a business. If they won't then there is not. If the developers are unwilling to charge money then it's not a business...which is ok so long as nobody pretends it is one.
Nope. And you can use it even if you aren't using their premium version. It allows me to save some link (without opening) to my Pocket, save the current page to my pocket and also puts a small link to websites with links (like HN) to quick-save a link. Been using it since they launched it.
My understanding is that an extension can be monetized in conjunction with a web/mobile app. Given the amount of free/open-source extensions, even I haven't been able to think of an extension that I would pay for.
Excited to see Vue doing so well on this list. I have been using it for the last few months at my day job, and I have been pleasantly surprised by it. I have tinkered with React & Angular in the past and I can second that the fact that compared to the other frameworks, getting started with Vue is a lot easier.
The ecosystem around it also quite mature - VueRouter & Vuex are well-tested solutions in case you have a use for it.
Another advantage that it has is its documentation & guides. It is quite exhaustive and easy to follow. My only gripe was that it doesn't go into the details of building a complete "single-page-app" that uses the accompanying tools (vue-cli, vuerouter, vuex etc).
Based on my learnings over the past few months, I have started writing a small ebook that goes over the process of building a full-fledged app.
I have created a small subscription form - http://eepurl.com/cvUk5D. You can add your email here to get notified when I launch this book and also get access to the early release.
