I’m relatively new to Linux. What is the preferred solution when a website demands a chrome-based browser? I installed Chromium for these cases, but is that frowned upon? My daily driver is tor-based and it’s rare but not unheard of for a website to complain.
What is the preferred solution when a website demands a chrome-based browser?
I don’t know what websites y’all are going to where this is such a commonly reported problem, but I’ve been using Firefox for over 10 years and I’ve literally never once seen this problem.
I’ve had a few that will work on Firefox if not on tor. I know one website (my mortgage company) that specifically asks for “Chrome-based” and lists several such browsers as options.
I use Vivaldi on the rare occurrence I need to flash an ESP board, since Firefox doesn’t support WebSerial. It’s the most privacy-centric chromium-based browser I’ve heard of.
I’m relatively new to Linux. What is the preferred solution when a website demands a chrome-based browser? I installed Chromium for these cases, but is that frowned upon? My daily driver is tor-based and it’s rare but not unheard of for a website to complain.
Lie to the website
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Chromium. Ungoogled Chromium if you really hate Google. Or Firefox with a user agent switcher.
I don’t know what websites y’all are going to where this is such a commonly reported problem, but I’ve been using Firefox for over 10 years and I’ve literally never once seen this problem.
Use an extension that spoofs the user agent, usually works fine (for what I came across at least).
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-possum/
Teams forces you to use chrome or their god awful desktop app
Mobilepay app requires you to have chrome installed to login to it
There was a period Netflix drm refused to run on Firefox
That has an altogether different kind of solution [email protected]
I was merely providing an example, you don’t need to convince me :)
but yeah its mostly drm of different kind
I’ve had a few that will work on Firefox if not on tor. I know one website (my mortgage company) that specifically asks for “Chrome-based” and lists several such browsers as options.
Recommended actions include boycotting the organisation and/or turning your internet off for 2 weeks to recover.
I use Vivaldi on the rare occurrence I need to flash an ESP board, since Firefox doesn’t support WebSerial. It’s the most privacy-centric chromium-based browser I’ve heard of.