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Re:Show HN: I made a modern web UI for Hacker News by pssdbt on Thursday September 08, 2022 @01:40PM (#32768941)
Curious why a browser extension and not a site like https://hckrnews.com/?
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Re:Show HN: I made a modern web UI for Hacker News by sjdz on Thursday September 08, 2022 @01:52PM (#32769145)
Good 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.

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