Google spent $26 billion to hide this phone setting from you::undefined
How’s it hidden? You to to the default app settings…
Or just install another browser and they’ll walk you through it.
I find Windows way more egregious, it will allow you to set it but not really, half of anything you do will open edge and then they’ll occasionally reset your default browser with bugger updates.
raptir@lemdro.id 1 year ago
My problem with this whole thing is that Chrome’s only real competition (meaning it’s not based on Chromium) is funded nearly entirely by Google paying to be the default search engine. If you aren’t going to allow search engines to pay to be the default then Mozilla needs to find a completely different way to make money.
tabular@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Given the overly wide scope of web browsers it is impossible for a new competitor to create a new browser correctly or securly. The browser market has one path as far as I can see: Firefox dying and overlord Google being on top until we stop using “the web”.
raptir@lemdro.id 1 year ago
I hope not. Not only do I not want to see Google annihilate Firefox but I also don’t want to see the further “appification” of every website. It’s ridiculous that I need to install an app to pay for parking when I’m visiting a city and will only use the app once. It’s not even Bluetooth enabled so it’s not like it can be used offline if you don’t have a connection.
The fact that Firefox is open source gives me some hope that the community could take the reins and continue development if Mozilla did run into financial trouble.
ferralcat@monyet.cc 1 year ago
I mean, you could just use Firefox or safari, or anything not chromium really. Yeah Moz will take money from search revenue, but they’ve proven over and over google doesn’t tell them what to do.
Heck, chrome exists because google tried to firce Moz to ship a shitty bookmarks implementation, and Mozilla said no years ago. It’s literally just an example of a “I’m going to take my ball and go home” tantrum.
bamboo@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Safari is the browser with the second highest usage share and is not in any way based on chrome. It’s limited to Apple platforms though, so other users can’t switch without buying new devices.
raptir@lemdro.id 1 year ago
Yeah, telling me I can switch from Linux to MacOS is not exactly a solution.
That said, Apple took money from Google to make Google the default on Safari. While I don’t think Apple will crumble without Google’s money, $18 billion certainly more than funds the development of Safari.
MostlyHarmless@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
No, Chrome is based on Safari.
Apple took khtml, which was developed by the KDE project, and created Webkit. Google then forked Webkit and created Chrome with it.