{"id":6659,"date":"2017-02-17T14:20:24","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T14:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6659"},"modified":"2017-02-01T14:26:29","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T14:26:29","slug":"linked-what-apple-gives-you-for-100-as-a-safari-extension-developer%e2%80%8a-%e2%80%8aand-why-reddit-enhancement-suite-may-cease-support-for-safari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/02\/17\/linked-what-apple-gives-you-for-100-as-a-safari-extension-developer%e2%80%8a-%e2%80%8aand-why-reddit-enhancement-suite-may-cease-support-for-safari\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;What Apple gives you for $100 as a Safari Extension Developer\u200a\u2014\u200aand why Reddit Enhancement Suite may cease support for Safari&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3317,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/medium.com\\\/@honestbleeps\\\/what-apple-gives-you-for-100-as-a-safari-extension-developer-and-why-reddit-enhancement-suite-6e2d829c2e52#.5qyen5hed&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250109143113\\\/https:\\\/\\\/medium.com\\\/@honestbleeps\\\/what-apple-gives-you-for-100-as-a-safari-extension-developer-and-why-reddit-enhancement-suite-6e2d829c2e52&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 03:43:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-20 20:33:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-03 01:51:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-10 02:23:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-14 00:19:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-21 12:22:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-28 19:01:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-17 05:36:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-20 13:59:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-26 12:25:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-02 08:48:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-05 13:58:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 08:07:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-14 10:45:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 12:57:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-21 04:15:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-24 06:39:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30 03:45:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-02 18:27:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-02 18:27:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@honestbleeps\/what-apple-gives-you-for-100-as-a-safari-extension-developer-and-why-reddit-enhancement-suite-6e2d829c2e52#.5qyen5hed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via the developer of Reddit Enhancement Sweet Browser Extension (a medium blog)<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>A little over a year ago, Apple announced that Safari extension developers would no longer be able to develop extensions for free. Instead, they had to pay the same $100 per year that iOS and MacOS developers do. The benefit, they alleged, is that you\u2019d get the tools and support to develop iOS and MacOS apps in addition to Safari Extension development. According to them, this \u201csimplified\u201d their program.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\nThe reality is that if your only interest is developing browser extensions, you now have to pay $100 for something that you could previously do for free, with no real usable benefit or improvement to the system. In fact, it became materially worse.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\nIt\u2019s important to note that while you can still publish browser extensions without paying the $100 fee, you cannot have them listed on the Safari Extension Gallery, and they will not auto update when you release new versions. This last bit about auto updating makes it untenable for an extension as large as RES. Tech support is already hard for 5 different browsers on a myriad of operating systems\u200a\u2014\u200ahaving thousands of Safari users on older versions of the extension because it won\u2019t auto update would make for a maintenance nightmare.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I can see Apple charging for the benefit of free-advertising on Safari\u2019s Extension Gallery although last time I checked Google &amp; FireFox do not charge you. What\u2019s bothersome is if you acquire an extension via Apple\u2019s Gallery, the developer must continue paying $100 a year so their users can get updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via the developer of Reddit Enhancement Sweet Browser Extension (a medium blog): A little over a year ago,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-02-17T14:20:36Z","apple_news_api_id":"d0cbf701-bf46-49c0-9a75-a80f50b7ecf3","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-02-17T14:20:37Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A0Mv3Ab9GScCadagPULfs8w","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1Jp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4755,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/07\/14\/linked-ios-9-and-safari-view-controller\/","url_meta":{"origin":6659,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;iOS 9 and Safari View Controller&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"via MacStories & Daring Fireball: \u00a0Safari View Controller looks a lot like Safari: when users tap a web link in an app that uses Safari View Controller, they'll be presented with a Safari page that displays the address bar at the top and other controls at the bottom or next\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8316,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2020\/09\/09\/technology-insanely-brief-remarks-on-apple-v-epic\/","url_meta":{"origin":6659,"position":1},"title":"Technology: Insanely Brief Remarks on Apple v. 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Eventually, iChat transmuted into Messages and getting iMessage support, and for a while, things\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6210,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/09\/13\/linked-protecting-your-privacy-in-safari-for-ios\/","url_meta":{"origin":6659,"position":4},"title":"Linked: \u201cProtecting Your Privacy in Safari for iOS\u201d","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"September 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via MacRumors: It also covers some methods you can use to prevent traces of your browsing history from showing up on your iOS devices. 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