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Re:Show HN: Inflation-adjusted Hacker News by rnotaro on Saturday May 22, 2021 @03:09PM (#27249414)
It's a single 5$ registration fee per account. Nothing huge.

Once you paid the fee, you can publish as many extensions as you want.

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/webstore/register/

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Re:Show HN: Inflation-adjusted Hacker News by bredren on Saturday May 22, 2021 @04:07PM (#27249861)
This is probably a very light anti-spam measure?
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Re:Show HN: Inflation-adjusted Hacker News by tech234a on Sunday May 23, 2021 @12:43AM (#27252521)
It is[1].

[1]: https://blog.chromium.org/2010/08/security-improvements-and-...

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Re:Show HN: Inflation-adjusted Hacker News by PaulBGD_ on Saturday May 22, 2021 @03:48PM (#27249714)
Relatively, they're correct. Compared to other app stores like Apple where the fee is $100/year, which personally I'd consider huge. To get on Steam, the fee is a one-time $100 with the ability to get it back after $1000 in sales. It's even low compared to Google's other marketplace, the Play Store, which has a $25 one-time fee.

While $5 can be a lot for certain people, relative to the market it doesn't deserve the title of being "huge".

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