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Safari have been messing extension developers around for ages now. It's been hugely frustrating. When you dig into the data, most of Safari traffic is from iOS

Safari have been messing extension developers around for ages now. It's been hugely frustrating. When you dig into the data, most of Safari traffic is from iOS so most devs just can't be bothered to port to Safari. The $99 is just another kick in the face. You might think it's quick and easy to convert, but Safari has all sort of annoying inconsistencies that make it a huge amount of work. For any small software company it's just not worth the effort. Safari should incentivize people not disincentivize them.

fbelzile 6y ago
Yes, it's also really buggy. One of the API calls return bad data (after the mac wakes from sleep). Side loaded extensions get corrupted on some macOS/Safari updates requiring the user to fully reinstall apps. They make reporting bugs impossible because you can't just reproduce it by updating your OS again. Native app messaging is done through shared data which forces you to poll for updates. Urggh. I wish they could just own up to the mess (like Microsoft did) and fully move to Web Extensions, including native app messaging.