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Re:Today’s developers don’t need what the App Store offers by latexr on Friday June 19, 2020 @11:18PM (#23581279)
> you have to have an Apple Developer account to sign Safari extensions, for instance, or to sign non-App Store Mac apps, neither of which require a paid Apple Developer account.

Their documentation suggests otherwise[1] (scroll down to “Benefits and Resources”). “Safari Extensions distribution” and “Software distribution outside the Mac App Store” are listed on the column of the 99 USD fee.

[1]: https://developer.apple.com/support/compare-memberships/

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Re:Today’s developers don’t need what the App Store offers by maguay on Friday June 19, 2020 @11:51PM (#23581478)
Interesting, this may have changed.

Just remembered that Safari now only lets you install extensions from the App Store, so that would actually make sense if a paid developer account is now required.

There’s yet another reason why Safari has so few extensions.

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