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Mull (Firefox Fork) doesn't load Google.com. Switching useragent to Chrome "solves the issue" (streamable.com)

submitted 11 months ago by VicentAdultman@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Today, I noticed that Google wasn't loading on Mull (Firefox Fork). Switching useragent with the extension Chameleon makes the page load again.

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[–] VicentAdultman@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yeah but it's more complicated than that. Do you think the average user that for some reason uses Firefox will try to find out why his Google page isn't working? Last year Google was fined €2.5b due to unfair competition. This is not the first time, Google probably makes a lot of people switch doing these things. The top post of Lemmy is about Google turning itself into spyware and this just shows just how thats accurate.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 months ago

I honestly think more people are willing to switch than you think

[–] eya@lemmy.dbzer0.com -5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think the average Firefox user won't be using anything Google (other than YouTube, but even then it'll probably be through alternative frontends).

[–] Anonymouse@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

While your statement is true, I install Firefox on any computer I support (family & friends) because I understand it better, can talk them through stuff on the phone and so I can install an ad blocker and not.have to deal with all of that. So now I need to explain to family and friends that Google is to blame, but they don't care and ask me to install "the normal browser". Ugh.

Also, I now have to deal with the Google-heads at work using this as an example of how chrome is the superior browser. Double ugh.