Google Play Store: Browsing with Firefox is no longer supported on Android

Re:Google Play Store: Browsing with Firefox is no longer sup... by marak830 on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @08:41AM (#9027001)

That is quite disappointing. I do wonder if there is a valid reason. In which I mean I hope there is one.

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Re:Google Play Store: Browsing with Firefox is no longer sup... by mariusz79 on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @08:50AM (#9027047)

Yes, there is a valid reason - market share wars

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Re:Google Play Store: Browsing with Firefox is no longer sup... by zanny on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @09:20AM (#9027198)

I don't see how mobile browser access to play.google.com constitutes a significant portion of the Firefox Mobile user bases core competencies. I don't think I've ever tried going to the store via browser on my Android phone just because its slower than using the native app.

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Re:Google Play Store: Browsing with Firefox is no longer sup... by gcp on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @09:55AM (#9027421)

You get there if you click links. It's not only this incident, Google often "accidentally" block other browsers for a day or two and then claims it was an "accident". Chrome seems to be immune to such accidents, though.

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Re:Google Play Store: Browsing with Firefox is no longer sup... by TheCapn on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @09:18AM (#9027186)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor

Without evidence its not really worthwhile to sling mud like that. Chances are they implemented some feature in the Play store that FF mobile doesn't support. When a FF mobile user goes to the site and its broken who would they blame most likely? Google? or Firefox? Experience tells me they'd blame Google.

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Re:Google Play Store: Browsing with Firefox is no longer sup... by VlijmenFileer on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @09:49AM (#9027383)

And rightly so, because it was Google that fucked up by implementing crap only supported by their proprietary crap browser.

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Re:Google Play Store: Browsing with Firefox is no longer sup... by arca_vorago on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @10:25AM (#9027634)

I just wanted to say, as I have said before, that Hanlon's razor is a rhetorical reference tool that should be relegated to the dustbin of conversational history. It is by definition a logical fallacy, is not conducive to intellectual conversation, and should not be used by any logic respecting person. Every time I see it referenced almost in the exact same way, eg, as an excuse to cover someones ass for them.

Stop using Hanlons razor as lead in to why someone isn't malicious when you aren't in a position to know one way or the other!

edit: I would appreciate a response along with the downvote.

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