• Jehuty
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    691 month ago

    SO many corporate/govt websites do this. My health insurance and credit card company do it. It’s mind boggling. I always keep some variation of Chromium installed to deal with it and then go back to LibreWolf.

    • @egrets@lemmy.world
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      I’ve not used LibreWolf, but assuming that Firefox addons are generally compatible, it might be worth trying Chrome Mask. It’s made by a Mozilla employee.

      • SeekPie
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        11 month ago

        Doesn’t Firefox automatically spoof your browser when it has been reported to work better?

  • cheers_queers
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    571 month ago

    I just downloaded firefox focus, and etsy wont let me log in with it because it has adblocking. even to track a shipment. They even stopped putting the tracking number in the shipment email so i cant go directly to usps. Im sick of being railroaded into giving up my privacy.

    • @CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world
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      271 month ago

      I have an very long blacklist of companies for this reason.

      The problem with standing up for your privacy is that it massively diminishes the resources available to you. I’m down to shopping at Costco as a single adult, because I had to say fuck you to Target recently, and my local grocery store was busy doing anti-union bullshit at the same time. So I’m driving further and probably paying more in the long run.

      But they aren’t principles if you don’t have to give something up to stick by them.

  • @Reygle@lemmy.world
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    251 month ago

    Holy shit, Canon convinced you to install a mobile app? Who’s holding the gun to your head? We’ll dispatch authorities as soon as possible.

  • alfredon996
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    241 month ago

    Have you tried changing the user agent ? You need an extension for that

    • s08nlql9OP
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      371 month ago

      This is a native Android app from Canon (not a webpage) requiring to open Chrome instead of my default Firefox app.

      • alfredon996
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        51 month ago

        I understand, but if the application opens the browser you have to make it believe that it is opening Chrome

        • @mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          @s08nlql9@lemm.ee try making a dummy app with com.google.chrome(not sure) as package name and login again. Maybe the browser check get bypassed and it opens in the default browser.

          • alfredon996
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            11 month ago

            For that you need a ROM that supports signature spoofing, but it should be possible, just not for the common user, sadly

            • @mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              11 month ago

              I don’t think that app check signature or so. Its probably checking if app exist or not. Except if the app launches chrome by its indent action instead of normal link opening method

              • Ziglin (it/they)
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                11 month ago

                Checking the signature seems like it would be good practice. But that doesn’t mean that they do.

  • @CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    If it’s trying to talk to a device over Bluetooth or USB, it’s not supported in Firefox. Mozilla refuses to implement WebUSB because they think the danger of letting people accidentally flash malware onto a physical device outweighs the benefits.

      • @CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        It’s probably using WebView, or whatever it’s called where an android app brings up a browser window. If you have Firefox as your default web browser, apps will use it instead of chrome. It’s usually pretty nice, because if you have adblock in Firefox you also get adblock in the app.

        It’s possible that the sign-in webpage wants to talk to the camera before returning control to the app.

        • @mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          31 month ago

          I guess you are talking about the in app browser thing and not the webview. I just don’t get sign in requiring communication to the camera. Its things you usually do after signing in. But idk maybe a weird implementation

        • @L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works
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          31 month ago

          To build off this comment; it’s likely the result of careless design. It is possible to code applications to avoid this issue, but it is technically a Firefox specific issues so it’s not something a mobile developer would default to consider.

    • @Obi@sopuli.xyz
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      21 month ago

      Yeah this is the remote shooting app, for camera control, it’ll use Bluetooth to establish connection with the camera and then switch to WiFi for live view.

  • @mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    71 month ago

    Looks they failed to implement “open in default browset” and used “open in chrome” instead. Or maybe it has a stupid check if chrome is installed before opening link externally to avoid problems

  • @Moonrise2473@feddit.it
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    41 month ago

    Revolut business is the same. Somehow you must have chrome on mobile if you want to send a bank transfer from desktop. (It opens a qr code that when scanned, only works with Google Chrome and not any other chromium browser)