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110% - Google wouldn’t let me use Safari for youtube TV or for Stadia. The open web is a total mirage.
by enos_feedler 7y ago
110% - Google wouldn’t let me use Safari for youtube TV or for Stadia. The open web is a total mirage.
- Nullabillity 7y agoGoes both ways. It shouldn't be too surprising that people don't bother testing against the only browser that isn't just a download away. For all of IE's/Edge's faults (and there are tons), at least they offer public VM images.
- culturestate 7y ago> people don't bother testing against the only browser that isn't just a download away Considering that a) Stadia officially supports macOS and b) most Google engineers use Macs, I don't think that's really a valid argument here. They just want people to use Chrome, full stop.
- thewebcount 7y ago> It shouldn't be too surprising that people don't bother testing against the only browser that isn't just a download away. What does that mean? If you want to test Safari you only need a Mac or an iPhone, which Google has plenty of since they make native software for those platforms. If they want to test Chrome on a Mac, they can also test stuff with Safari on that same Mac.
- skinnymuch 7y agoThat does not apply to Google though. Didn’t the Homebrew creator give some huge stat number for amt of Google employees who use Homebrew (so Mac) during the drama of him not being hired?
- ehsankia 7y agoMost Google apps are available on both iOS and Android unlike Apple products. Compare Duo to FaceTime, Hangouts to iMessage, etc. Stadia is still very early tech, it doesn't even support 90% of Android phones, let alone other devices and browsers. YTTV works on iOS, but yes the lack of Safari support is a bit shitty. Still, most of the limitation are technical, not forced.