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Browser extensions are underrated: the promise of hackable software

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In a world of closed platforms, browser extensions are the rare exception that let users modify the apps that we use.

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Web & Frontend Software Engineering 2019

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Jul 29, 2019	Browser extensions are underrated: the promise of hackable software by gklitt	320	186

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