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smmr-software / privacy-redirect-safari

A Safari extension that redirects Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, and more to privacy friendly alternatives.
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Fork from Libredirect instead of Privacy Redict #34

Closed sith-on-mars closed 2 years ago

sith-on-mars commented 2 years ago

The development of Privacy Redirect has stopped for several months. There is a fork of Privacy Redirect called Libredirect, which receives frequent updates and the developer is quite responsive. It has more redirect function and instances. Would you consider to switch to Libredirect as the base?

FIGBERT commented 2 years ago

Our extension has progressed significantly since we initially forked Privacy Redirect – we no longer use any original code, and our extension functions using different mechanisms due to API differences between Chrome/Firefox and Safari.

We commend the development of Libredirect, and have had our eyes on it for a bit. We've adopted new frontends such as rimgo, like Libredirect, and will continue to do so. There are some redirects that Libredirect implements that we believe unnecessary and thus have not implemented.

Updating the list of instances is probably something we should do in the near future.

I hope this clarifies things. tldr: our changes to the original Privacy Redirect are extensive, and we don't operate using it as a "base," and thus cannot switch to Libredirect "as the base."

sith-on-mars commented 2 years ago

That clear things up! Thank you!