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Re: Safari 14 added WebExtensions support, so where are the extensions?

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Post by ElbertF » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 12:21 AM UTC

gnicholas wrote: post #67

ElbertF wrote: post #24

We finally ported Wappalyzer across to Safari. The process was fairly straight-forward but Safari doesn't implement every API that Chrome, Firefox and even Edge support, so we had to do a bunch of work to get a single version of the extension to work consistently in all four browsers. I'm glad it's finally here though. https://apps.apple.com/app/wappalyzer/id1520333300

How has adoption been, and what percent of your user base do you think it will be in a year or two?

1.5K installs so far, versus 1.5M on Chrome and 90K on Firefox. Hard to say what the percentage will be.

Re: Safari 14 added WebExtensions support, so where are the extensions?

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Post by bergstromm466 » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 4:31 PM UTC

TheRealDunkirk wrote: post #186

frou_dh wrote: post #167

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> So you're going to use App Store for free It's not free. There's a $99 membership fee every year, even for an altruistic person offering nothing but a single useful extension/app that makes zero income. --- Let's imagine a feature request on GitHub: USER: Safari supports the WebExtension API now. Please port your cool extension to Safari. DEVELOPER: Cool. I'll maybe try doing that this weekend! USER: Oh, by the way…

I still can't get my head wrapped around the complaint that the developer program costs $100/yr, as though this were some great barrier to entry. To put it in perspective, I subscribe to Prime, Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Now, Apple One, Office365, PS+, and Xbox Live, and that's just off the top of my head. Most of them are for purely-optional entertainment, and all of them cost more money than the developer program.…

> I still can't get my head wrapped around the complaint that the developer program costs $100/yr

> the $100/yr for the developer program is not a lot of money. [...] It's less than a single restaurant lunch per month.

Is that $100 for a meal for a single person? Where do you eat and how much do you spend on food a month?

Re: Safari 14 added WebExtensions support, so where are the extensions?

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Post by TheRealDunkirk » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 3:06 PM UTC

bergstromm466 wrote: post #222

TheRealDunkirk wrote: post #186

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I still can't get my head wrapped around the complaint that the developer program costs $100/yr, as though this were some great barrier to entry. To put it in perspective, I subscribe to Prime, Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Now, Apple One, Office365, PS+, and Xbox Live, and that's just off the top of my head. Most of them are for purely-optional entertainment, and all of them cost more money than the developer program.…

> I still can't get my head wrapped around the complaint that the developer program costs $100/yr > the $100/yr for the developer program is not a lot of money. [...] It's less than a single restaurant lunch per month. Is that $100 for a meal for a single person? Where do you eat and how much do you spend on food a month?

I'm struggling to understand how I could have been misunderstood. $100/yr is $8.33/mo. Even a burger meal at a fast food joint is that much now. Ergo: less than a single lunch PER MONTH. Where did I lose you?

Re: Safari 14 added WebExtensions support, so where are the extensions?

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Post by bergstromm466 » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 3:17 PM UTC

TheRealDunkirk wrote: post #223

bergstromm466 wrote: post #222

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I still can't get my head wrapped around the complaint that the developer program costs $100/yr > the $100/yr for the developer program is not a lot of money. [...] It's less than a single restaurant lunch per month. Is that $100 for a meal for a single person? Where do you eat and how much do you spend on food a month?

I'm struggling to understand how I could have been misunderstood. $100/yr is $8.33/mo. Even a burger meal at a fast food joint is that much now. Ergo: less than a single lunch PER MONTH. Where did I lose you?

> I'm struggling to understand how I could have been misunderstood.

Wow you must be superhuman. I misunderstood you. Now I get it.