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[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 533 points 1 month ago (68 children)

I'm warning Google that Google Chrome may soon be disabled on my devices.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 4 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Unfortunately for work I may have no choice:-(. Several of our daily work products I've tried on Firefox without success. Those also don't have ads.

I wish there were better alternatives. I may try out LibreWolf but I could not imagine it somehow being easier, though with enough effort put in the end result may be all that matters. Until the first update (possibly forced on the server end even if I don't on mine) that breaks everything and I cannot do my work for the day, in which case I will absolutely go crawling back to Chrome, bc they have us by the short hairs there.:-(

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago (4 children)

My company just plain old won't install Firefox without a good reason.

I'm stuck using chrome or edge. Once the ad block stops working on chrome, I move over.

[–] _pete_@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

I really hate the corporate IT.

I was at a job that was slowly transitioning from a medium sized company to a larger one, initially we were allowed just install and use whatever on our machines, but gradually IT started implementing policies where if we wanted to add something it had to go through a request system and usually it would be denied.

As a software developer this was just infuriating, it would hold up work, force us to use shitty software (like Chrome and Edge) and there would often be fuck ups where installing a new version of software would require removal of the old one and installation of a new one - which would trigger the approval process again.

Like - I get it - some people can’t be trusted, but we were some of the key devs for the companies product, we know what we’re doing.

I was rather happy to leave that part of the company behind when I left.

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