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rafram 8 days ago

> has about a half dozen extensions that load into Safari

That’s because there’s a limit on the number of filters per extension. uBO may eventually need to do the same.

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al_borland 8 days ago | parent [-]

Interesting...

https://adguard.com/kb/adguard-for-safari/solving-problems/r...

Sounds like I should direct a portion of my ire toward Apple on this.

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bigyabai 8 days ago | parent [-]

Absolutely not. They are trying to protect you, can you imagine how awful Safari would be if it let you sideload such nasty extensions? It would be just like Chrome, absolutely no market variation to speak of! Despicable.

It's really AdGuard's fault for failing to fit their functionality within the arbitrary constraints Apple decided was suitable for a runtime.

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TingPing 8 days ago | parent [-]

It is not an arbitrary decision.

For one Safari compiles block lists to perform better, but it can be noticed at startup for big lists.

Then there is just resource constraints since the focus is mobile. Chrome on mobile notably supports no extensions.

But I do wish desktop Safari was more lenient.

	▲	bigyabai 8 days ago \| parent [-]
		Chrome's decision is also entirely arbitrary, so it's not a great example. Firefox on mobile notable supports Chrome extensions, without any real issues or battery drain whatsoever.