Hacker News with Generative AI: Browser Extensions

Skyvern Browser Agent 2.0: How We Reached State of the Art in Evals (skyvern.com)
We’ve been working hard cooking up something new to share with you all!
De-Muskifier: Firefox add-on to replace all instances of Elon Musk with raccoons (mozilla.org)
This browser extension replaces mentions of Elon Musk, SpaceX, Tesla, and related terms with cute raccoons and raccoon factoids.
Why is PayPal being sued by YouTubers? It's over the Honey extension (abc.net.au)
It's a little gold coin, causing a big fuss.
PayPal's Honey Extension Accused of Hijacking Affiliate Links (bloomberglaw.com)
PayPal Inc.'s browser extension Honey unlawfully supplants affiliate links and reduces content creators’ commissions and tracking numbers, Wendover Productions LLC and Businessing LLC alleged in a proposed class action.
Show HN: Filter out engagement bait and politics on your X/Twitter feed (danielpetho.com)
Unbaited is a browser extension that helps you filter out engagement bait and inflammatory content from your X (formerly Twitter) feed.
Wildcard: Customize HN using a spreadsheet view (2020) (geoffreylitt.com)
Wildcard is a browser extension that empowers anyone to modify websites to meet their own specific needs, using a familiar spreadsheet view.
uBlock Origin GPL code being stolen by team behind honey browser extension (reddit.com)
As of 12/31/2024, I found Pie Adblock (created by the same team as Honey) violating uBlock Origin's GPL license, read below for full details
Popular browser extension Honey accused of shady business practices (snopes.com)
A viral video alleged that the coupon-finding browser extension is a scam.
Show HN: Open-source and transparent alternative to Honey (github.com/Abdallah-Alwarawreh)
Syrup is an open-source browser extension designed to help users discover and apply the best coupons effortlessly.
Honey's deal-hunting browser extension is accused of ripping off YouTubers (theverge.com)
The PayPal Honey browser extension is, in theory, a handy way to find better deals on products while you’re shopping online. But in a video published this weekend, YouTuber MegaLag claims the extension is a “scam” and that Honey has been “stealing money from influencers, including the very ones they paid to promote their product.”
Show HN: Bring-your-own-key browser extension for summarizing HN posts with LLMs (github.com/ivanyu)
A bring-your-own-key browser extension for summarizing Hacker News articles with OpenAI and Anthropic LLMs.
Web Highlighter Userscript (github.com/physicslog)
An userscript that allows the ability to highlight the selected text in the webpages.
Ask HN: To those with successful browser extension(s), how did you grow it? (ycombinator.com)
I maintain a handful of browser extensions and one of them is gaining traction. I'm now looking for marketing avenues and curious to hear from anyone that may have gone down this path before.
Manifest V3 fails to prevent data theft and malware exploitation (techradar.com)
Show HN: Mem0 Browser Extension: Shared Memory Across ChatGPT,Claude,Perplexity (github.com/mem0ai)
Mem0 brings ChatGPT-style memory to all your favorite AI assistants. Share context seamlessly across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and more, making your AI interactions more personalized and efficient.
Google Is Killing uBlock Origin. No Chromium Browser Is Safe (quippd.com)
We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the extension will soon no longer be available because it “doesn’t follow the best practices for Chrome extensions”.2
Web scraping with your web browser: Why not? (8chananon.github.io)
You can find plenty of tutorials on the Internet about the art of web scraping (for example, here and here) and the first things you will learn about are Python and Beautiful Soup. There is no tutorial on web scraping with Javascript in a web browser though you will find browser extensions that claim to do it all without any need for coding (this only works for simplistic and unprotected websites).
Gorhill pulls uBlock Origin Lite from Firefox store (neowin.net)
If you use Firefox and the uBlock Origin Lite content blocker from the Firefox Add-ons Store, be aware that the extension is no longer supported.
Tab Organization using AI is the best thing happened recently (ycombinator.com)
I was using ARC Browser and the way it organzies your tabs when you give tidy is so great.
Show HN: I Made TabDock–Organize Tabs,Kbar,and Searchbar Commands in the Browser (tabdock.app)
Transform your windows into dashboards that you can access anytime, anywhere.
uBlock Origin is no longer available on Chrome web store (reddit.com)
Using the Topics API (Chrome Only, Opposed by Firefox/Safari) (mozilla.org)
This page explains how the Topics API works and how it can be used to create an interest-based advertising (IBA) solution.
Show HN: Amine – Prevents you from switching 100s of Browser Tabs (github.com/datavorous)
Show HN: Chrome Extension to access the OpenAI API from any textbox (github.com/MrCordeiro)
Universal Code Execution by Chaining Messages in Browser Extensions (spaceraccoon.dev)
Show HN: I built a full-text search for your browsing history (chromewebstore.google.com)
Show HN: Faktor – The missing 2FA code autocomplete for Chrome (getfaktor.com)
Browser extension that globally blocks vertical video? (ycombinator.com)
Mozilla Firefox blocks anti-Censorship and pro-Privacy extensions in Russia (locals.com)
Mozilla silently bans 2 anti-state-censorship add-ons in Russia (mozilla.org)