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Try user agent switcher. More often than not, websites work just fine with firefox but refuse to load when the browser identifies as not-fascist-google-trash.
Had to do that to do my fucking MATH HOMEWORK because Pearson "doesn't work with Linux". Switched my user agent to windows and all of a sudden it works just fine
I wish Microsoft and Google homies would just get beamed into a parallel universe to ruin with their bullshit...
I wish Mozilla would use some of their millions to bring a class action lawsuit against sites that pointlessly lock people out just because they're not using Chrome/Safari/Edge.
You and me both, but as long as we allow accumulation of capital, that's not gonna happen, I'm afraid.
They already did. We are the other universe.
Report the error to the company and to Mozilla.
That's basically never an error, but malice. But I admire your naivity :)
Oh, I agree with you. But the more we publicize this, the more pressure we can apply to site devs to support multiple browsers.
These companies typically have management take the IT advice from their IT managers, and if those intentionally block non Windows/Google/fascist software, you don't find anyone in the organization willing to listen to you. The only way to fight this is by not doing business with them whenever avoidable.
I doubt it's malice as often as a cost saving measure presented in a scummy/lazy way.
The simple fact is that all browsers load pages differently.
If you want to minimise cost, you'll optimise the site to the most popular browsers.
Firefox, unfortunately, is at the very bottom of the popular browser list.
There's absolutely nothing else that most sites gain by promoting Google.
Except, as of recent, a lower likelihood of user having an ad blocker.
In the case of Pearson, malice is a safe assumption.
Reporting it to Mozilla can still help. Firefox has a built-in list of sites to fake the user agent header for, reporting it could land this site on that list as well.
Mozilla fakes the user agent for sites without a plugin? oO - that is news to me, but fair point in that case...
Oh yeah, not just UA overrides but other fixes as well. You can see them at about:compat
Thanks! I'll have to give that a try.
You are welcome. Worked fine last time I tried it with e.g. the Teams web client (forced to use it for work still)
And for when switching user agents doesn't work: ungoogled chromium saves the day