This popped up a few times on gsuite apps while using firefox.

  • @[email protected]
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    9211 months ago

    I hate this prompt so much

    But it’s working, seeing how Chrome got almost a monopoly

    Google, right now, in my country is doing an ad campaign on TV that says “chrome on iOS has integrated phishing warning on shady pages”.

    Uh… Safari has that from 15+ years at least… and all browsers on iOS are all safari with a different skin

    • @nogooduser
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      4811 months ago

      The one that hate as a sysadmin is how Microsoft Defender is always telling me to disable Chrome features such as continue running in the background, third party cookies and password manager but never recommends those actions for Edge.

        • @nogooduser
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          111 months ago

          This is Microsoft Defender for Endpoint that is part of the Microsoft 365 admin portal. It looks for security issues like out of date software and insecure configurations.

      • @[email protected]
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        511 months ago

        Yes and no because the dev would have to maintain two different browsers, one for the eu and one for the rest of the world. It would double the cost of development and testing for something that regular people won’t even notice

    • Alto
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      111 months ago

      Chrome almost got a monopoly because for a time, it was legitimately better than most the competition. Now you have consumer inertia, and the things that make chrome dogshit are unfortunately not things that the average person cares out.

  • @stackPeek
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    5111 months ago

    Of all the selling points they have, they decided to uses “With updates built-in”? Brother every browsers nowadays have that smh

    • illectrility
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      811 months ago

      But they not only have updates, they also have form filling, a password manager (wink wink), sync between devices and so many more basic features that Firefox has too

      • @nelly_man
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        311 months ago

        If you ever use SQL Server Management Studio, you can experience the opposite. Whenever there’s an update, you’ll get a notification in the application, but to actually install it, you need to go to Microsoft’s website to download the latest version and install it yourself. Chrome, on the other hand, updates itself upon restart without requiring anything special from the user.

        As a software developer, I really like that part. It means that websites I work on only need to consider the features supported in the latest version of major browsers rather than the last several (as was the case with Internet Explorer).

        So, it’s nice and something that I remember really appreciating when Chrome was getting popular. But it’s still a weird thing to brag about.

      • @teamevil
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        11 months ago

        It means every time you use Chrome you get a pop-up about restarting Chrome.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 months ago

      With other browsers, you need to update them from time to time. Chrome one has all the updates already built in from day one, so you never need to update it. Isn’t that great. The devs at Google are so good that they decided to do all the updates at once so they never need to worry about updates ever again.

  • @RookiA
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    4511 months ago

    They dont even have any good arguments anymore XD

    • @NateNate60
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      4011 months ago

      Chrome! Now with the ability to view Web pages!

      • @RookiA
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        1111 months ago

        Chrome now with extra spyware and not being able to block ads and trackers! For the cheap price of your data.

  • @callmepk
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    3511 months ago

    Me: no Google: okay proceed to broke Firefox compatibility in their products

    • @FrancisFeliz
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      1911 months ago

      Simply avoid using Google services! instead of Google, use Duckduckgo or Startpage, replace YouTube with Invidious, Gmail with protonmail or self-hosted mail, and the office suite with LibreOffice.

      • @callmepk
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        11 months ago

        Damn, I actually use them but uses Piped instead of Invidious and my self-hosted SearXNG for search engines

        Also recommend Hyperpipe to use with piped to replace YouTube Music

        Edit: Also on the phone, Collabora Office

  • Carighan Maconar
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    2311 months ago

    I remember when this was a huge thing back when Chrome was really new.

    Other browsers always needed admin permissions to be installed and to be updated at the time. Chrome installed by-default in the user context, didn’t even ask for an installation location (which sucked 😅) and could also update without adminstrative privileges.

    Of course, nowadays this is entirely normal. But while it wasn’t the the first software to do it back then, it was the first one where the average user say something being done without a popup about changed system settings.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 months ago

      I also recall seeing lots of installers that were infected with chrome. I guess that’s how it spread to so many computers.

  • @turbodrooler
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    1811 months ago

    And it will keep popping up. Enjoy the rest of your life.

  • rzlatic
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    1111 months ago

    the most clicked No Thanks button in my environement.

    • xigoi
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      11 months ago

      Time to use the Element Picker feature of uBlock Origin.

    • @Dasus
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      11 months ago

      One day the different parts of the body were having an argument to see which should be in charge.

      The brain said “I do all the thinking so I’m the most important and I should be in charge.”

      The eyes said “I see everything and let the rest of you know where we are, so I’m the most important and I should be in charge.”

      The hands said “Without me we wouldn’t be able to pick anything up or move anything. So I’m the most important and I should be in charge.”

      The stomach said “I turn the food we eat into energy for the rest of you. Without me, we’d starve. So I’m the most important and I should be in charge.”

      The legs said “Without me we wouldn’t be able to move anywhere. So I’m the most important and I should be in charge.”

      Then the rectum said “I think I should be in charge.”

      All the rest of the parts said "YOU? You don’t do anything! You’re not important! You can’t be in charge."

      So the rectum closed up. After a few days, the legs were all wobbly, the stomach was all queasy, the hands were all shaky, the eyes were all watery, and the brain was all cloudy.

      They all agreed that they couldn’t take any more of this and agreed to put the rectum in charge.

      The moral of the story: You don’t have to be the most important to be in charge, just an asshole.

  • SSUPII
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    811 months ago

    They have been popping up for years on gsuite

  • @[email protected]
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    711 months ago

    I’m using Firefox so I’m already using one with all of those features, and the added benefit that it won’t eat my RAM and spy on me

  • Echo Dot
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    411 months ago

    I recommend using an ad blocker and then you won’t see it.