Comment on Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024

• FunnyUsername@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨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 ⁨11⁩ ⁨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 ⁨11⁩ ⁨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 ⁨11⁩ ⁨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 ⁨11⁩ ⁨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 ⁨11⁩ ⁨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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      • Enkers@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah, “most” was probably a bit hyperbolic, especially for internal websites, and I guess it’s no surprise that the sectors you mentioned would be particularly bad for it.

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