Talk:Google: Difference between revisions

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:Turns out it was already done. So I copied the summary from that page and pasted it with reference to the page. [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 20:58, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

== anti-competitive stuff and JS ==

==anti-competitive stuff and JS==

=== Search ===

===Search===

G Search on Firefox for Android is intentionally restricted by Google. See:

* [https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/discussions/3240 Infinite redirects]

*[https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/discussions/3240 Infinite redirects]

* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/google-search-fixer Addon]

*[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/google-search-fixer Addon]

Recently, they started blocking users who enable Desktop-Mode to use Google Lens without the app, saying "Update your browser". Desktop is necessary, because when G Search detects the device is Android, it redirects to the Google app (or Play Store, if not installed)

=== JS ===

===JS===

Both Google search and Gmail login (not just Gmail, all G services) "require" JavaScript to work. This wasn't the case in 2023 (not sure if this began on 2024 or 2025) [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 20:51, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

== G forces screen-saver to have privacy-policy; they get roasted instead ==

==G forces screen-saver to have privacy-policy; they get roasted instead==

https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/google.html

== they REALLY despise ad-blockers ==

==they REALLY despise ad-blockers==

It's worth mentioning that G forbids any apps (on Play Store) that have the ''mere capability'' of blocking ads, even if the apps aren't presented as "ad-blockers". For example, [https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard/blob/eac1f8a29f56241965a75ae3e25eef9c715a7137/README.md?plain=1#L39 NetGuard], which has a <code>[[wikipedia:Hosts_(file)|/etc/hosts]]</code>-like domain-blocking feature in the GitHub release, was forced to be crippled in the play-store release, on the grounds of "system stability" or something (I can't remember)

[https://reddit.com/r/Android/comments/15y7g70/google_is_going_to_remove_netguard_from_the_play/ See also] [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 19:05, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

:Eeeek! That is definitely worth mentioning, maybe in its own article? [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|<i><b>AnotherConsumerRightsPerson</b></i>]] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 19:18, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

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 :Turns out it was already done. So I copied the summary from that page and pasted it with reference to the page. [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 20:58, 27 August 2025 (UTC)
-== anti-competitive stuff and JS ==
+==anti-competitive stuff and JS==
-=== Search ===
+===Search===
 G Search on Firefox for Android is intentionally restricted by Google. See:
-* [https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/discussions/3240 Infinite redirects]
+*[https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/discussions/3240 Infinite redirects]
-* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/google-search-fixer Addon]
+*[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/google-search-fixer Addon]
 Recently, they started blocking users who enable Desktop-Mode to use Google Lens without the app, saying "Update your browser". Desktop is necessary, because when G Search detects the device is Android, it redirects to the Google app (or Play Store, if not installed)
-=== JS ===
+===JS===
 Both Google search and Gmail login (not just Gmail, all G services) "require" JavaScript to work. This wasn't the case in 2023 (not sure if this began on 2024 or 2025) [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 20:51, 20 September 2025 (UTC)
-== G forces screen-saver to have privacy-policy; they get roasted instead ==
+==G forces screen-saver to have privacy-policy; they get roasted instead==
 https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/google.html
-== they REALLY despise ad-blockers ==
+==they REALLY despise ad-blockers==
 It's worth mentioning that G forbids any apps (on Play Store) that have the ''mere capability'' of blocking ads, even if the apps aren't presented as "ad-blockers". For example, [https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard/blob/eac1f8a29f56241965a75ae3e25eef9c715a7137/README.md?plain=1#L39 NetGuard], which has a <code>[[wikipedia:Hosts_(file)|/etc/hosts]]</code>-like domain-blocking feature in the GitHub release, was forced to be crippled in the play-store release, on the grounds of "system stability" or something (I can't remember)
 [https://reddit.com/r/Android/comments/15y7g70/google_is_going_to_remove_netguard_from_the_play/ See also] [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 19:05, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
+:Eeeek! That is definitely worth mentioning, maybe in its own article? [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|<i><b>AnotherConsumerRightsPerson</b></i>]] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 19:18, 20 October 2025 (UTC)