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0 pointsalexanderby7y ago0 comments

Sorry, I'm not sure that publishing a paid app source code would be a good idea. There is a chance that somebody will publish the same app under different name. Somebody has already published a crack for it. And another Safari app already reuses some code from Dark Reader for Chrome.

There was a long discussion regarding this review https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/9y0s2a/dark_reader_d...

You know, some Apple developer can also put some malicious code into Safari, but for some reason you trust them and use their browser, even though they used to slow down older iPhones without a warning, forcing users upgrade to newer devices. Who knows what they will do the next time.

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miles7y ago

> Sorry, I'm not sure that publishing a paid app source code would be a good idea.

In an earlier comment on reddit, you wrote[0]:

"Safari version is not open source yet, but it did pass a manual review too."

which implies it would be open sourced at some point. Have you changed your mind?

> There was a long discussion regarding this review...

Thanks for the heads up. I'm sorry they didn't include the full context, including my comments; the links I shared above do.

[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/9n1eiq/mojave_dark_mod...

alexanderbyOP7y ago

When the amount of donations will be enough, then I would be able to publish the source code of the Safari app. But currently it is the major source of revenue and it lets me continuing the development and spend as much time as possible.

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