Presumably if lots of people trust your extension with access to their banking website, a nefarious actor could make steal more money to make that price worthwhile.
Well, assuming they can transfer money out of people's accounts and get away with it, which obviously requires additional effort.
To be clear, I wouldn't sell to [unknown criminal] for any amount of money, because I'm not a criminal myself, and I can't be turned into a criminal.
I would sell to [known BigCo] for a million dollars. But BigCos aren't interested in my software, so that's a non-issue.
If a criminal offered me millions of dollars, I would report them to the FBI. And I think this whole discussion is just ultra-paranoia.
withinboredom claims but refuses to name a supposed malware extension with millions of users. Not sure I believe this astounding story.
I don't even aspire to be rich, or even to retire. That sounds pretty boring to me. I'd rather work on something socially useful. But financial security would be nice.
Well, assuming they can transfer money out of people's accounts and get away with it, which obviously requires additional effort.