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Re:New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data by saagarjha on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @03:16PM (#23250621)
The Safari App Extension is running in the background, which is presumably what the process is communicating with.
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Re:New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data by scarface74 on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @04:48PM (#23251603)
You’re talking about MacOS and not iOS? As far I know, the only time Safari or any other app on iOS calls an extension is when the user chooses to “share” with that extension
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Re:New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data by saagarjha on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @10:13PM (#23254213)
Yeah, I think this API is only available on macOS. On iOS this would require keeping the extension alive in the background, which Apple seems largely opposed to allowing.
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