Why not use android open in feature
this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2025
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Looks they failed to implement "open in default browset" and used "open in chrome" instead. Or maybe it has a stupid check if chrome is installed before opening link externally to avoid problems
If it's trying to talk to a device over Bluetooth or USB, it's not supported in Firefox. Mozilla refuses to implement WebUSB because they think the danger of letting people accidentally flash malware onto a physical device outweighs the benefits.
But this is just for sign in right? Its a fking native app
It's probably using WebView, or whatever it's called where an android app brings up a browser window. If you have Firefox as your default web browser, apps will use it instead of chrome. It's usually pretty nice, because if you have adblock in Firefox you also get adblock in the app.
It's possible that the sign-in webpage wants to talk to the camera before returning control to the app.
To build off this comment; it's likely the result of careless design. It is possible to code applications to avoid this issue, but it is technically a Firefox specific issues so it's not something a mobile developer would default to consider.
I guess you are talking about the in app browser thing and not the webview. I just don't get sign in requiring communication to the camera. Its things you usually do after signing in. But idk maybe a weird implementation
Yeah this is the remote shooting app, for camera control, it'll use Bluetooth to establish connection with the camera and then switch to WiFi for live view.
Holy shit, Canon convinced you to install a mobile app? Who's holding the gun to your head? We'll dispatch authorities as soon as possible.
always give a bad rating and if possible create a support request. let them know.
because they're too lazy to program around custom chrome tabs
Chrome on Android = system App
Why Chrome = more Tracking Tracking Tracking
Its all about Tracking
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I just downloaded firefox focus, and etsy wont let me log in with it because it has adblocking. even to track a shipment. They even stopped putting the tracking number in the shipment email so i cant go directly to usps. Im sick of being railroaded into giving up my privacy.
They aren't worried about adblocking, but the cookie/tracker blockers that come with adblockers. They gotta know everything about you ya know
Time to stop shopping on Etsy.
It's overrun with drop shippers anyway...
Yeah it just sucks because i use it to support small business :/
I have an very long blacklist of companies for this reason.
The problem with standing up for your privacy is that it massively diminishes the resources available to you. I'm down to shopping at Costco as a single adult, because I had to say fuck you to Target recently, and my local grocery store was busy doing anti-union bullshit at the same time. So I'm driving further and probably paying more in the long run.
But they aren't principles if you don't have to give something up to stick by them.
SO many corporate/govt websites do this. My health insurance and credit card company do it. It's mind boggling. I always keep some variation of Chromium installed to deal with it and then go back to LibreWolf.
I've not used LibreWolf, but assuming that Firefox addons are generally compatible, it might be worth trying Chrome Mask. It's made by a Mozilla employee.
I will give this a shot!
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Give them a one star and let them know why
Chrome is the new Internet explorer. (Literally I guess)
That reminds me of PayPal. I can't use my hardware sevurity key to log in on mobile... Unless I enable desktop mode in firefox. Then it works
Because they get more data from it.
Have you tried changing the user agent ? You need an extension for that
This is a native Android app from Canon (not a webpage) requiring to open Chrome instead of my default Firefox app.
Apps are rarely native these days. Everything is a fucking webview.
If this was a web view they wouldn’t even need this screen since it could just done in the “app” itself instead of needing to open an external browser.
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Oof.
Does it communicate via usb with the camera? If so it is probably because it uses webusb which is not implemented in Firefox https://caniuse.com/?search=webusb
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Because 💲
Typically they have a dependency on something only one browser can do, and rather than using a polyfill or a better browser, force their bad technical decisions onto the user.
To be fair some things can't be polyfilled, like the WebUSB API, as someone mentioned in the comments. But lots of the sites could fix their code so it works on Firefox, yeah.
Revolut business is the same. Somehow you must have chrome on mobile if you want to send a bank transfer from desktop. (It opens a qr code that when scanned, only works with Google Chrome and not any other chromium browser)
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