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If they are distributing via the App Store, I assume this means requiring the publisher to be paying the yearly $99 developer fee?
by mey 6y ago
If they are distributing via the App Store, I assume this means requiring the publisher to be paying the yearly $99 developer fee?
- dguo 6y agoYes, and that is actually already the case. When Apple finished deprecating .safariextz extensions in favor of Safari App Extensions, they also killed the Safari Extensions Gallery in favor of distribution through the App Store. And as you assumed, the developer does have to pay the annual fee. See https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/decimation.html https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/decimation.html
- giancarlostoro 6y agoThis is just ridiculous on the one hand it consolidates their existing tech. On the other hand it gives them too much control over web extensions as a result and they dont seem to have the nicest rep running the iOS app store.
- langitbiru 6y agoI already published browser extension to Firefox Add-Ons Marketplace and Chrome Web Store. Publishing on Firefox is free and publishing on Chrome is 5$ (one time fee). So the difference is quite stark.