As if they needed to check for ""compatibility"" at all - just let the users try their makeshift coded-in-a-weekend browsers, or their 2008 version of IE.

The better question is why some websites even bother checking for the browser when the vast majority of people uses mainstream options that follow web standards and self-update.

Checking the browser version kind of made sense 15 years ago when updating the browser depended on the user's awareness and willingness of doing so, and the lack of standards across browsers was blatant. Nowadays that's pretty much useless. The maximum these sites should be doing is displaying a banner letting the user know their browser might be incompatible (because it's likely not in a way that prevents usage), then fuck off.

"We're a very inaccessible and hostile webpage. Turn back now."

If it's a website which only works with a specific browser, it's a shitsite.

Companies like chrome because it’s the most used browser. So if they develop for it, and only for it without caring of compatibility on others, then it’s cheaper. And since they don’t want you to use another browser and complain that their site is broken, the just block you.

Ads and tracking ? Browser with the largest market share ? Well, we are back to IE6 monopoly. :(

Weird, I see "You will need to use a different service/company"

I found a bug once in our content that only affected Firefox. Old versions of articulate whouldnt start properly. Not somthing I could fix on my own as i meeded anyoher department. I brought it to the attention of the managers. They didn't want to fox it as apprently Google analytics showed only .4% of our user base was using Firefox. I manged to convince them its part of our user commitment to ensure that we work consistently across all browsers, but it was a pain.

🍻here’s to all the developers out there who makes sure there site works great not only with Firefox, but also with ublock origin and piholes!

It is always shocking to me how many sites or apps completely fail to load if you dare block google analytics!

https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/mobile/worldwide

According to this:

On the desktop, Firefox has about 6% marketshare, and Edge, the Windows default, about 11%.

On mobile, however, Firefox is at 0.5%, and Edge at 0.3%.

A lot of people only browse the Web on a mobile platform. And the ones using those tend to use the default browser bundled with their phone; if what they have out-of-box works, they're not going to install anything else. Apple bundles Safari, and Google bundles Chrome, so that's what gets used.

for the love of god, charge your phone

Because they hire cheap developers who don’t know what the fuck they are doing?

Well good thing my employer runs a script every 15 min to set the default browser to Edge.

Standardization is nice for people who make sites and people who use them.

Spoofed user agent goes brrrr

Because Firefox has better XSS detection than Chrome and will block adware sites from injecting tracking that Chrome completely allows.

I don't know, works on my browser.

-Devs, probably.

I absolutely hate this. Ordered something last night that refused to work on Firefox or Firefox based browsers. Switched to my emergency Fulguris and checkout worked like police working for a white rich man.

I'm doing a course for cyber security at my local tafe, and thier website only works on Chrome. Go. Figure.

Don't use that website if you can

Time for some user agent spoofing

It used to be the same way with Internet Explorer.

Because Google Chrome setups a good framework from the moment you open it to track, collect data, basically free market your internet life. Companies like to work the less possible using the least money, if Google already gives them all that setup for a fee then it's more profitable than having to pay programmers to track you in other browsers.

So they deliberately are saying to your face: "I only let you use my stuff if you enter as naked as possible". They are not even shy about it.

Someone like this only deserves a spit in the face and a domain ban. Basically. They can fuck off.

Notes: Most of what I said is not exactly all the true. Most companies just reuse webpage code that it's only tested form chromium, so they only let you use that. Because they are lazy AF, they don't care about customers, they only care about money.