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> You must use the Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge browser. Thanks Google. PS: I think it's basically ancient wisdom at this point to keep a Chrome instance a
by makeitdouble 2y ago
> You must use the Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge browser.
Thanks Google.
PS: I think it's basically ancient wisdom at this point to keep a Chrome instance around to best handle most Google properties, but I don't remember seeing it much spelled out in official documentation.
- sirjaz 2y agoI wish Google wouldn't force us to use chrome. Hell they have Google Play for games on Windows, they could just offer the complete app store this way and get a close to native app.
- IncreasePosts 2y agoHow much effort should Google put into supporting browsers that don't have the feature sets to support the use case?
- wing-_-nuts 2y agoDepends, are the serious about avoiding antitrust cases?
- sbarre 2y agoI think Microsoft Office's mere existence precludes Google ever being considered a monopoly in the office apps space.
- toast0 2y agoMere existence of a competitor doesn't preclude an anti-trust case for monopolization or abuse of a dominant market position. Lots of office suites exist, but Microsoft has to tread lightly. In Recent News, the EU is dinging them for bundling/tying Teams with Office. Because it's a dominant market position, regardless of competitors. If at some future time, Google Sheets has a significant market share, they might get dinged, too.
- makeitdouble 2y agoHow many browsers are there with more than 2% global user share ? We're talking about 4 or 5 browsers, putting serious effort into supporting them all would be reasonable.
- tredre3 2y agoWhat do you want them to do? Firefox categorically refuses to support things like PWAs.
- makeitdouble 2y agoThey had to make an extension for this to work in Chrome, so the browser's base capacities shouldn't be the limiting factor. Building a Firefox extension would be the right move.