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Desktop slack will keep working on desktop OSes. This is just them blocking desktop mode access from phone browsers.
by progman32 7y ago
Desktop slack will keep working on desktop OSes. This is just them blocking desktop mode access from phone browsers.
- lightedman 7y agoDoes not work with our Chromebooks, which is what comprises the majority of our work systems.
- progman32 7y agoOh they count Chromebooks too... Wonder if that's intentional.
- lightedman 7y agoChromebooks are essentially running a mobile-focused OS, based in the browser. Makes sense they'd count that as a mobile platform.
- Marazan 7y agoWow
- mark-r 7y agoSometimes you just need to act on principle. If they're pulling this on their mobile users today, what will they do to their desktop users tomorrow?
- ravenstine 7y agoIt astounds me how far people will go in giving the benefit of the doubt to obviously user-hostile actions by Silicon Valley companies. There's no reason why Slack couldn't show a modal rather than outright blocking the website on mobile.