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How do products like this monetize? Seems like a trap to a user that's conditioned to "if something is free you're the product". Extensions like this generally request the total access permission in order to change page content. Are they selling information about your browsing habits I guess?

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BeeLine founder here. We do not monetize user data at all! The B2C tools (browser extensions, document converters) were just a way for us to prove up demand, in order to help us license our technology to content platforms.

We do charge for our B2C tools, but just a few dollars per month. The vast bulk of our revenue comes from B2B licensing, from customers like Blackboard and digital textbook platforms.

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