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Aatube@kbin.social 10 months agoThat’s not the reason; Safari and the like still support the WebExtensions API. They just require extensions to be signed, .app’d, etc and only go to Safari which is a lot.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I read this over and over and it makes no sense to me. Even if you were right, do we really think that FF extension devs are going to make and maintain a completely separate codebase for a iOS-only FF version of each extension? I highly, highly, doubt anyone would do that.
Then on top of it, yeah, maybe you’d have to kiss Apple’s ass to ever get it installed on a user’s device. In any case, Fuck apple with a cactus.
Aatube@kbin.social 10 months ago
It’s the same codebase. Safari can use extensions written for Firefox as long as you compile it into Apple format.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Bizarre. All these years, every time I have tried to use a safari extension, even very popular ones like 1password, I’ve had issues. So I feel like it’s historically not been as simple as this… Maybe it is now, but all the web devs I know HATE safari. Myself included.
Aatube@kbin.social 10 months ago
I mean, you've still got the entire signing BS so there is a very valid reason to hate.