Post 9pzVzXpdXr2Ls7yxCS by retiredguru@koyu.space
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(DIR) Post #9pzVzXcALwGHCLgCCe by boilingsteam@mastodon.cloud
2019-12-15T13:52:07Z
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Seems that the report on BleepingComputer is accurate. Just tried logging in to Google services with Falkon (base install) and it refused to log me in. Will Firefox be next? :) #google #browsers #gmail
(DIR) Post #9pzVzXpdXr2Ls7yxCS by retiredguru@koyu.space
2019-12-15T14:05:24Z
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@boilingsteam If Firefox (and its forks) become Google's next target, I will migrate ourselves out of the Google ecosystem. We already use comparable products from other providers. We're not IT or some corp/small biz running mission-critical ops. Freedom of choice.
(DIR) Post #9pzYlM1IxpbP2xMgFs by boilingsteam@mastodon.cloud
2019-12-15T14:31:45Z
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@retiredguru Maybe, but in practice it would end up killing Firefox's remaining tiny market share. I doubt Google would go to that extremity, but not sure why they are even blocking alternative browsers right now.
(DIR) Post #9pzYlM9STW7lSFBBxo by retiredguru@koyu.space
2019-12-15T14:36:31Z
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@boilingsteam I wouldn't put it past Google to want to bury Firefox, once and for all. I've been using Firefox since Mozilla was first formed--yeah, I'm that old--and though I use, on occasion, a Chrome-base browser as a backup, I find Mozilla's Quantum offering to be more stable, and more useable (read that as in Add-ons I can want and can't get on Chrome). It doesn't bother me that the majority use Chrome and forks. It may bother Google that they don't Mozila's marketshare...
(DIR) Post #9pzYtIJkc6h9sdmMJU by retiredguru@koyu.space
2019-12-15T14:37:58Z
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@boilingsteam ...As for blocking forks, I see that as a 'I can't believe you took this long to do it'.