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Re:The Triumph of Safari by happybuy on Saturday January 14, 2023 @01:33AM (#34377846)
As the author of the linked article, there's over 250,000 users of our Safari-exclusive ad blocker[1] with few complaints.

It is able to block all ads, trackers and annoyances that users encounter. Including all YouTube ads.

Don't disagree that there are some limitations with more contemporary ad blocking approaches but they do the job for most users needs. These approaches will likely continue to evolve and include necessary capabilities to do more in the future.

[1] https://www.magiclasso.co/

Re:The Triumph of Safari by culi on Saturday January 14, 2023 @01:35AM (#34377852)
nice self-promotion. But anyways, what's the story on Safari's support for manifest v2 going forward?
Re:The Triumph of Safari by happybuy on Saturday January 14, 2023 @01:40AM (#34377868)
Safari 15.4 and later supports manifest versions 2 and 3. [1]

Mozilla maintains a list of which keys are compatible across which browsers as well [2]

[1] https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/saf...

[2] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/Web...

Re:The Triumph of Safari by culi on Saturday January 14, 2023 @01:43AM (#34377883)
good to hear, thanks for the resources. Do you know if Apple has made any specific statements or commitments to continuing to support v2 for the foreseeable future?
Re:The Triumph of Safari by dessant on Saturday January 14, 2023 @05:30AM (#34379100)
There were no official statements, but an engineer at Apple working on extensions said that "Apple sees extension APIs as long term support".

https://github.com/w3c/webextensions/issues/298#issuecomment...

Re:The Triumph of Safari by elcritch on Saturday January 14, 2023 @01:58AM (#34377946)
Relax, sure it’s self promotion, but they are the author of the TFA so it’s not like they’re jumping into a random thread.
Re:The Triumph of Safari by upon_drumhead on Saturday January 14, 2023 @04:16AM (#34378691)
So some honest feedback on Magic Lasso.

I just went to give it a try, as the website copy says "Free from the App Store" and "optional Pro subscription", however, I was disappointed that the pro subscription is required to give it a try. It just says "Magic Lasso is disabled" and requires me to start a 1 month free trial. Really feels bait-and-switch.

I uninstalled it without subscribing, as my personal feeling on it is if you don't believe in the product that you have to, frankly, mislead me before installing it, it's not worth trying. I'd feel very different if the website was clear on the pro subscription requirement.

Re:The Triumph of Safari by happybuy on Saturday January 14, 2023 @04:39AM (#34378812)
Will update this copy of the website. The subscription requirement only recently changed (in the last few weeks).
Re:The Triumph of Safari by carlosjobim on Saturday January 14, 2023 @07:54AM (#34379930)
Tried your app and it had some of the worst dark patterns experience I've yet seen on iOS.

If it's not a scam it at least works hard to appear as a scam.