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Re:Browsers by mirimir on Monday December 17, 2018 @03:38AM (#18697658)
> Currently, all of Google's services work on non-Chrome browsers.

Last time I checked, Google Authenticator only works on Chrome.

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Re:Browsers by AsyncAwait on Monday December 17, 2018 @05:36AM (#18698099)
Gmail and YouTube uses Chrome only features that make them slow in other browsers, compared to Chrome.
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Re:Browsers by mda on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @10:47AM (#18707338)
You imply they do this deliberately, do you have any evidence? It sounds super unlikely to me.
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Re:Browsers by dragonwriter on Monday December 17, 2018 @03:46AM (#18697692)
> Last time I checked, Google Authenticator only works on Chrome.

Google Authenticator is available for Android, iPhone, and Blackberry, and not for any browser; there are a number of third-party implementations, however, including a Chrome/ChromeOS one.

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Re:Browsers by mirimir on Monday December 17, 2018 @04:07AM (#18697765)
I don't use any of those things. I just know that I had to install Chrome to get Telegram's desktop app working.
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Re:Browsers by mirimir on Monday December 17, 2018 @06:35AM (#18698316)
Thanks.

But I did know that.

It was just that Everpedia used it for chat, and I was curious.

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