Second org-mode - I used to have Firefox setup similarly to your Chrome setup, but that extension broke, and I've missed it ever since. It's not perfect, but C-l followed by C-c will get me the URI for pasting in org buffers. Or I can browse in 'M-x w3m' and capture links and text from there.
As for Emacs learning curve, it's small when compared to the amount of time I would have had to spend learning other systems (over and over and over . . . ) over the past two decades. Emacs lasts, and so does the learning you spend on it.
As for Emacs learning curve, it's small when compared to the amount of time I would have had to spend learning other systems (over and over and over . . . ) over the past two decades. Emacs lasts, and so does the learning you spend on it.