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[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago (5 children)

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.

[–] Quatlicopatlix@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Trying to configure my keyboard through the VIA site. It needs HID and mozilla wont do it because unsafe. I get that it is not so smart to expose your usb devices to your browser but being able to enable it for a session would also be fine...so i had to install chrome.

[–] tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah only chrome has the webusb support, I use ungoogled chromium whenever I need to use webusb.

[–] JPAKx4@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Use an extension that spoofs the user agent, usually works fine (for what I came across at least).

[–] Maxxie@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There was a period Netflix drm refused to run on Firefox

[–] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That has an altogether different kind of solution !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] Maxxie@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

I was merely providing an example, you don't need to convince me :)

but yeah its mostly drm of different kind

[–] Drewmeister@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] brb@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Teams forces you to use chrome or their god awful desktop app

Mobilepay app requires you to have chrome installed to login to it