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> Using any Google product in a non-Google browser will trigger a "Download Chrome!" dialog, and that includes things like Google's search which practically eve
by rascul 4y ago
> Using any Google product in a non-Google browser will trigger a "Download Chrome!" dialog, and that includes things like Google's search which practically everybody uses.
This has not been my experience. I even did a Google search for something random and could not find any "Download Chrome!" message anywhere (I'm using Firefox). I do remember some years back there was such a message somewhere on Google search, though. I wonder if maybe one of my uBlock Origin lists has it blocked.
- kitsunesoba 4y agoI just tested and I couldn't get it to appear when using Firefox on macOS or Windows or under Edge on macOS, but it appeared right away under Edge for Windows[0] and Safari on macOS[1]. So it seems that they target default browser configs specifically. On iOS in a private tab, Google doesn't try to push Chrome but instead the Google app, which functions as a browser. [0]: https://i.ibb.co/Htk645k/Screenshot-2022-09-23-183455.png https://i.ibb.co/Htk645k/Screenshot-2022-09-23-183455.png [1]: https://i.ibb.co/thnRN7P/Screenshot-2022-09-23-at-6-42-14-PM.png https://i.ibb.co/thnRN7P/Screenshot-2022-09-23-at-6-42-14-PM...
- rascul 4y agoNow that I see your screenshots it is something that I vaguely recall seeing in the past.
- jrnichols 4y agoI don't see those particular popups anymore, but I do see ones just like that for websites that will now let me log in with my Google account. They've become almost as obnoxious as the GDPR banners that "Hush" finally extinguished.