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Not the first time. For some reason Google really doesn't like people talking about the games they play with browser detection. (That's not snark - I really do
by _jal 7y ago
Not the first time. For some reason Google really doesn't like people talking about the games they play with browser detection.
(That's not snark - I really don't get it. They don't appear to mind people talking negatively about a lot of other stuff they get up to. Maybe lingering antitrust fears from the 90's MS suit?)
- philwelch 7y agoCompanies are afraid of legal liability much more than they’re afraid of bad PR.
- ksec 7y agoI mean we are in 2020, none of this should be news, but then a lot of people only discovered them now. They have been doing this since early 2010s. They have been a hypocrite from the start, but people got too consumed with its free Gmail, RSS Reader along with its Do no Evil they decided to trust them blindly. The current browser, and Web Tech scenario is pretty much Google's way or the highway. So I am glad Apple kept Safari as the only option on Apple platform. Not allowing them to dictate everything.
- cpeterso 7y agoI reported this as a Firefox bug [1] in 2015. Google fixed it on their side in 2017, but it’s back. :( [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1205573 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1205573