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Apple Maps launches on the web to challenge Google Maps (techcrunch.com)
submitted 11 months ago by davel@lemmy.ml to c/apple@lemmy.ml
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https://beta.maps.apple.com/

It doesn’t seem to support Firefox, or not yet at least.
Maps on the web is compatible with these web browsers

On your Mac or iPad

  • Safari
  • Edge
  • Chrome

On your Windows PC

  • Edge
  • Chrome
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[–] heavyboots@lemmy.ml 33 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not available on Firefox. Nope!

[–] Zodarr@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

I tried, User agent switcher works miracles. Just sayin'

[–] chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That awkward moment when it doesn’t support iPhone Safari…

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 11 months ago

Kinda makes sense. Why support safari on iOS when it’s already installed (by default)

[–] bartleby1@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Many people have had easy success with Firefox by spoofing a “Chrome on Windows” user agent; you can use an extension like this one to do so.

[–] trk@aussie.zone 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Seems easier to just not use Apple Maps tbh

[–] bartleby1@lemmy.ml 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

true. Also: not commenting is easier than commenting

[–] trk@aussie.zone -3 points 11 months ago

Ironic

[–] drspod@lemmy.ml -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
  • go to about:config
  • type general.useragent.override
  • if the key doesn't exist yet, select the String option and click + button
  • enter the useragent, eg. Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/127.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 for Chrome/Windows
[–] milo@lemm.ee 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Don't do this. It will override the user agent for every site you visit which will cause a lot of problems, like failing most captchas and breaking a lot of websites.

You should use an extension (like this one) to change UA on a per site basis instead.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

Or do the sane thing: close tab on any site that refuses to support Fx

[–] sploosh@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

How timely of them.

[–] radivojevic@discuss.online 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

My browser isn’t supported (DDG). But I’m on an iPhone, and every browser is required to use WebKit—so every browser is literally safari. Lame.

Edit: oh, maybe it’s no phones.