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Oct 2026
Dissecting Mellowtel: Bandwidth-as-a-Service Through Browser Extensions
Browser extensions are widely used, but developers still face limited options for monetization. Mellowtel recently introduced a new approach: bandwidth-as-a-service. By embedding its SDK, developers earn revenue from opted-in users who share idle bandwidth to fetch web data for AI labs and startups. We combine large-sc...
H. Jang, Ayush Pandey, Matteo Varvello et al.
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