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Try using any Google property without chrome, or try using any iOS device without safari. This is pretty harmless in my opinion.

• codewithcheese 7y ago
  Your reasoning does not make it harmless, it makes Microsoft the same as Google and Apple.
  • inviromentalist 7y ago
    People defend the walled garden of Apple. But I think it's just post purchase rationalization.
    • Razengan 7y ago
      People enter the walled garden expecting a walled garden and desiring a walled garden. Microsoft’s behavior is like taking a stroll in a forest or open field and suddenly having walls erected around you and cameras pointed at you.
  • zeusk 7y ago
    harmful is google purposefully blocking their properties to mobile edge when everything worked with changed U/A string. Concerning at best, since they're using first party grounds for advertising but that does not make it harmful.
• noisem4ker 7y ago
  Google doesn't bother me if I set Firefox for Android as the default browser.
  • zeusk 7y ago
    It does on my S8, try any google website and you'll get notifications and I've even gotten emails every time I sign in on a device with a gmail ID but don't have the google apps on that device.
• proactivesvcs 7y ago
  I am an occasional user of Maps, YouTube, Blogger and Translate. Never used Chrome, and all of these properties work just fine and have not tried to push Chrome. I'm also using a stock Android and have never used Chrome on it. Play Store, Play Games, Find my Device, and the Google app work just fine and haven't tried to push Chrome either. I guess I should prepend these observations with "Yet", as I'm not at all of the opinion that it'll never happen.
  • TraceWoodgrains 7y ago
    Have you tried using Translate for a web page recently, instead of just a couple sentences of text? Some time ago, they removed that functionality, instead instructing users to use a browser with native translation capabilities to translate pages. It's a pretty blatant push to get people over onto Chrome.
    • darren_ 7y ago
      No they didn't. Paste a URL and hit the icon next to it. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&tab=TT&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.asahi.com https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&tab=TT&sl=auto&...
      • TraceWoodgrains 7y ago
        Hm. It may have been as part of something temporary, but I definitely ran into that message recently. Good to see it's back.
  • roca 7y ago
    > all of these properties work just fine and have not tried to push Chrome. Historically Google has relentlessly advertised Chrome to Firefox users on Youtube and their main search page ... probably the most valuable advertising space on the Internet. Maybe they've cut back, for some or all users.
  • zeusk 7y ago
    Or you've grown immune to it, because I work on Windows and occasionally setup new VM builds to test things and I always get these banners. What's even worse is that their CAPTCHA stuff prefers chrome/chromium users off the bat with reliability scores.
• undersuit 7y ago
  What's the problem? I use Firefox and Firefox Focus as my only web browsers on my Android phone.