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Why Chrome only?

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨s08nlql9@lemm.ee⁩ to ⁨mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world⁩

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  • Jehuty@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    SO many corporate/govt websites do this. My health insurance and credit card company do it. It’s mind boggling. I always keep some variation of Chromium installed to deal with it and then go back to LibreWolf.

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    • egrets@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I’ve not used LibreWolf, but assuming that Firefox addons are generally compatible, it might be worth trying Chrome Mask.

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      • Jehuty@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I will give this a shot!

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      • SeekPie@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Doesn’t Firefox automatically spoof your browser when it has been reported to work better?

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  • sasquash@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    always give a bad rating and if possible create a support request. let them know.

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  • cheers_queers@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I just downloaded firefox focus, and etsy wont let me log in with it because it has adblocking. even to track a shipment. They even stopped putting the tracking number in the shipment email so i cant go directly to usps. Im sick of being railroaded into giving up my privacy.

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    • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I have an very long blacklist of companies for this reason.

      The problem with standing up for your privacy is that it massively diminishes the resources available to you. I’m down to shopping at Costco as a single adult, because I had to say fuck you to Target recently, and my local grocery store was busy doing anti-union bullshit at the same time. So I’m driving further and probably paying more in the long run.

      But they aren’t principles if you don’t have to give something up to stick by them.

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    • frostysauce@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Time to stop shopping on Etsy.

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      • GenosseFlosse@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        It’s overrun with drop shippers anyway…

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      • cheers_queers@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yeah it just sucks because i use it to support small business :/

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    • Carrot@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They aren’t worried about adblocking, but the cookie/tracker blockers that come with adblockers. They gotta know everything about you ya know

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  • cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    because they’re too lazy to program around custom chrome tabs

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    • IceFoxX@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Chrome on Android = system App Why Chrome = more Tracking Tracking Tracking

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      • mj_marathon@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Chrome is not a system app on android.

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  • Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Chrome is the new Internet explorer. (Literally I guess)

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  • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Give them a one star and let them know why

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  • Reygle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Holy shit, Canon convinced you to install a mobile app? Who’s holding the gun to your head? We’ll dispatch authorities as soon as possible.

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  • alfredon996@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Have you tried changing the user agent ? You need an extension for that

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    • s08nlql9@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      This is a native Android app from Canon (not a webpage) requiring to open Chrome instead of my default Firefox app.

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      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Apps are rarely native these days. Everything is a fucking webview.

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      • Feyd@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Does it communicate via usb with the camera?

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      • alfredon996@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I understand, but if the application opens the browser you have to make it believe that it is opening Chrome

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      • Colloidal@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Oof.

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  • SouthFresh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Because they get more data from it.

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  • gagootron@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That reminds me of PayPal. I can’t use my hardware sevurity key to log in on mobile… Unless I enable desktop mode in firefox. Then it works

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  • OhioComrade@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Welcome to the browser wars. This has been going on a long time now.

    Browser Wars

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  • CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    If it’s trying to talk to a device over Bluetooth or USB, it’s not supported in Firefox. Mozilla refuses to implement WebUSB because they think the danger of letting people accidentally flashing malware onto a physical device outweighs the benefits.

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    • mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      But this is just for sign in right? Its a fking native app

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      • CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s probably using WebView, or whatever it’s called where an android app brings up a browser window. If you have Firefox as your default web browser, apps will use it instead of chrome. It’s usually pretty nice, because if you have adblock in Firefox you also get adblock in the app.

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    • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yeah this is the remote shooting app, for camera control, it’ll use Bluetooth to establish connection with the camera and then switch to WiFi for live view.

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  • longjohnjohnson@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
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    • ewenak@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      To be fair some things can’t be polyfilled, like the WebUSB API, as someone mentioned in the comments. But lots of the sites could fix their code so it works on Firefox, yeah.

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  • metallic_substance@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Because 💲

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  • mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Looks they failed to implement “open in default browset” and used “open in chrome” instead. Or maybe it has a stupid check if chrome is installed before opening link externally to avoid problems

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  • Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Ecobee also requires chrome, but had a work around. Not sure if it’ll work here, but ecobee said to hit the 3 dot menu and choose open in app after the login failed and that logged you in.

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    • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Wait, what exactly does Ecobee require chrome for? I was looking to replace my Nest thermostat with an Ecobee.

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      • Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Logging in via the app. It launches the browser. If using Firefox you have to do the extra step I mentioned.

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  • Moonrise2473@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Revolut business is the same. Somehow you must have chrome on mobile if you want to send a bank transfer from desktop. (It opens a qr code that when scanned, only works with Google Chrome and not any other chromium browser)

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  • ohellidk@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Maybe it’ll accept brave browser? Not that I’d use that browser as my daily…

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  • Mwa@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why not use android open in feature

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