Comment on Google looks to be fully shutting down unsupported extensions and ad blockers in Chrome, such as uBlock Origin – which might push some folks to switch to Firefox

sandbox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We’re going to have a serious problem on our hands soon with compatibility. I’m a software dev and I’m already seeing a few issues here and there where Chrome is being treated as the default expected browser and features don’t work on Firefox.

  It’s basically IE6 and ActiveX all over again.

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• Randelung@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Teams calls for example :( I have chromium on my Debian only for teams.

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  • Frays6142@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Teams works in Firefox, I sadly have to use it almost every day interacting with clients who use teams for comms.

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    • coolfission@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But you can’t turn on camera with Teams on Firecox iirc

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• pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m using Firefox as my only browser. If everything works in Firefox that’s fine for me.

  That’s the best advantage of only making websites / web applications for fun (for friend groups, video games, family etc)

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  • sandbox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, but that’s my point, not everything works in Firefox now and my prediction is that if we continue on our current course Firefox will either have to compromise their commitment to privacy and security or will become more and more unusable.

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    • Kronusdark@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I saw this quote a while back “if you only make code that works in chrome you aren’t a web developer, you are a google developer.”

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• altec@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I just don’t use services that don’t work with Firefox. Easy.

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  • SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yep. There are plenty of other ways to do something that don’t require selling out.

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• spookedintownsville@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Most “Chrome-only” web applications I have to use I can get around just by changing my user agent string and everything works fine. I try not to use that stuff when I can, though.

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  • sandbox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Some of the older stuff is indeed that way, but there are more and more features which Firefox can’t support. Web-based custom keyboard configuration tools, tools to flash phone firmware, and one niche MiniDisc tool all are chrome-only things I’ve had to open Chrome to use

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    • spookedintownsville@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      tools to flash phone firmware

      Yep. Forgot I had to use Chrome on Windows to flash GrapheneOS.

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      • GiveMemes@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Wait is this real? That’s hilarious

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• linearchaos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Google’s working on fixing that for you right now. That’s more people switch to Firefox and there’s futures don’t work they’ll start complaining to the developers and then to Firefox. Microsoft road the it only works in IE train for a long time and it eventually buried them

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