Safari and Firefox change how big sites render based on the domain. TikTok, Netflix, Instagram… even SeatGuru. Chrome doesn’t. Why is that?

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[–] 23 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Tldr: the big sites only target functionality for chrome due to market share, and if the other browsers don't want the shitty reputation, they have to do this

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

    I don't doubt your explanation, but it's tragic and backwards. It would make sense that a WordPress recipe blog wouldn't be developed with smaller browsers in mind. But 5% of Instagram's traffic is a gigantic amount of traffic, worth catering to. Wouldn't it be the big websites that have both the budget and the motivation to make their sites work across browsers?

    Call me a luddite, but I think if I were the website director I'd be saying "If you have to do something special to make it work in Browser X vs Browser Y, you're getting too fancy, you don't need that crap."

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    Publisher targets 85% Chrome, other browsers send Chrome user agent as a workaround, Publisher now sees 95% Chrome. 🫠

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    [–] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    The easiest solution. Fuck those companies and don't use their services!! Simple as that.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    But what about essential services that you can't avoid? Online banking. Education like blackboard is horrid on Firefox. Youtube and social media are optional use, but for access to utility sites and finance are not.

    That is where we are heading the longer chromium remains dominant.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    It was bound to happen. Chrome has become what IE was, a defacto standard.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago

    This has been going on for a long time in general, but Google recently stopped testing for non-chrome browsers altogether.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    anti-trust?

    Yes it is very obviously an anti-trust issue, but the US Government is obviously corrupt. The system serves its masters.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    They'll be found guilty and will be fined 1 penny for every billion they made screwing over every person.

    The perfect grift is to be too rich by the time anyone notices your illegal activities so you can just pay the regulators, legislators, police, SEC and whoever else is in the way.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago

    The US response to Microsoft's monopoly was meager, this time, they will cheer Google on.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Looked at header image. AI.

    Okay, maybe the author just doesn't respect the craft of graphics.

    Chrome doesn’t add quirks; it sets the agenda.

    Oh the article is AI too.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Ladybird will have an AI spaghetti code. We're cooked.

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