Comment on Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024

• Enkers@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, I get “Google bad”, and agree, and am 100% on the Firefox train, but downvoting people for not using FF is kinda stinky.

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• the_q@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Such as?

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  • FunnyUsername@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I was doing some work on the social security site and the site i needed wouldn’t even load unless it was chrome or edge. There are sadly too many important website that are somehow allowed to gatekeep browsers. I feel like if their site follows guidelines then there’s no reason they should be restricted from browsers, but here we are.

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  • ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Platforms I use don’t work reliably with other browsers, online teaching ones to be specific.

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    • lemann@lemmy.one ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ah, that’s a tough one.

      I needed to install Ungoogled Chromium to join lectures, because the remote learning site refused to work in Firefox (wouldn’t be surprised if it was developed against a chrome-specific API)

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  • AustralianSimon@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Pretty much every internal Web application I’ve used in banking, insurance and Govt orgs.

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    • Enkers@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Most of the time the site doesn’t need chrome, it’s just that’s all they test it with, so they say it’s a requirement.

      There’s an addon for Firefox called User Agent Switcher that allows you to have Firefox identify itself to websites as chrome, and it often fixes the problem.

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      • AustralianSimon@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I work in IT so I am aware of this. Maybe you’ve not worked in enough places that just build incompatible apps?

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• Rolando@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So use Chrome for that work, and Firefox plus an adblocker for everything else.

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  • ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My adblocker works in Chrome at the moment so will see.

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• gian@lemmy.grys.it ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Have you tried to spoof the user agent ?

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  • ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t know what that is

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    • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s a neat trick that’s been around for ages. Your browser presents a string of text to the website to identify itself. “Hi! I’m Chrome_ver_whatever.”

      You can easily change it, make your browser lie to the website.

      Here’s the extension for Chrome and Edge:

      …google.com/…/djflhoibgkdhkhhcedjiklpkjnoahfmg

      I’m sure Firefox has the same.

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      • gian@lemmy.grys.it ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Here some for Firefox

        addons.mozilla.org/it/firefox/search/?q=user-agen…

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      • ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m not sure that’s going to fix the technical problems I have.

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