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Ask HN: How hard would it be to port ublock origin to Mac Safari?

by librarianscott on 6/2/22, 9:47 PM with 3 comments

So on Safari for MacOS, I usually use the Adguard for Safari extension. But I miss ublock origin. I have been playing around with the Orion (of Kagi search) fame since it will let me use Firefox or Chrome extensions, but I keep having this nagging feeling that we just need a Mac developer to port ublock origin and that will satisfy 99.99% of the folks who use Mac. So, what does it take to maintain a port over time, year after year?

by lapcat on 6/2/22, 10:36 PM
Impossible, because Safari is missing crucial API needed by uBlock Origin.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/saf...
Incidentally, missing API is also why uBlock Origin will either die or be significantly limited in Google Chrome with Manifest version 3. (I'm not sure of Gorhill's plans.)
by mikequinlan on 6/2/22, 10:08 PM
https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158
> It will not possible for uBlock Origin to work with the upcoming Safari 13 / macOS Catalina release