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> Caveat: You can develop for free, without getting listed, but then you can't automatically update the extension. There's a comment on the post disputing this
by bangonkeyboard 10y ago
> Caveat: You can develop for free, without getting listed, but then you can't automatically update the extension.
There's a comment on the post disputing this possibility.
- shakna 10y agoTrue, I guess one could concievably build your own update mechanism. But that's even more overhead than what is necessary for all the other browsers, who let you use their stores and update mechanism for much less than $100/developer/year.
- bangonkeyboard 10y agoSorry, I should have been specific: a comment on the Medium post that is TFA: This isn’t correct. Without paying the $100, you can’t get a certificate, and without a certificate, you can’t sign an extension to build a safariextz.
- shakna 10y agoSo the situation is even worse than I thought? I mean, it is technically possible to install untrusted extensions, using xcode's self signing, but it isn't exactly straight forward and/or easy.
- coldtea 10y ago>So the situation is even worse than I thought? Or even better? Higher barrier to entry and more protection against crappy extensions, spam extensions, amateur hour, etc?
- bangonkeyboard 10y agoXcode is used for Safari App Extensions. Safari Extensions like RES are created in Safari's Extension Builder, which apparently balks without a signing certificate.