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Again a open case of abusing Monopoly. Google keep forcing the users as it want and everyone says, its a free service and can be bent as Google want. It forces
by petrel 14y ago
Again a open case of abusing Monopoly. Google keep forcing the users as it want and everyone says, its a free service and can be bent as Google want. It forces to use Google Plus for may services, forces to log in to Google to install chrome extensions.
- dansul 14y ago>forces to log in to Google to install chrome extensions Is there a legitimate reason for this?
- jxi 14y agoYes, some extensions use identity API's.
- glogla 14y agoIt's more that you can install "extensions" just fine, but need to be logged in to get "web apps". In reality, both are Chrome ran code, but there's the distinction there. You can however install basic extensions like adblock or ghostery without logging into Chrome. (It won't help you on the anonymity standpoint of course, because every Chrome has unique id that's recorded when you log into any google service) It's the "we require login to access any google docs documents if you use chrome, but don't need it if you use other browser" that's more annoying than web apps in my opinions.
- jxi 14y agoI would hardly call blocking an unsupported mobile OS from loading a website monopolistic. It's like blocking OSX apps from running on Windows even though it might kind of "work". It would tarnish Google's reputation if people tried to use it and see how broken it is/will become since nobody is developing for it. It's a much better solution to just block it outright.
- taligent 14y agoActually no. The smart solution is to try and support it perhaps with a degraded experience. Or perhaps Google is planning a future rebranding to Android Maps.
- drivebyacct2 14y agoJust because Apple didn't have the sense to keep a broken maps application away from users doesn't mean it's the end of the world if Google does. Mobile Google Maps does not work in Mobile IE10. If anything they're protecting their brand. I'll happily concede that they should display an opt-out-able "your browser is unsupported" message.
- guard-of-terra 14y ago"It's like blocking OSX apps from running on Windows" No it's not. You don't understand how the Web works. Please delete your comment and then, optionally, your account.
- warfangle 14y agoIf people want to use WP8, they can use bing maps.