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plantain 22 minutes ago [-]
It drives me insane when in Europe the link between Google Search and Google Maps is broken and I often have to copy paste an address between the two. Thanks EU, what if I like Google's integrations?
plufz 15 minutes ago [-]
Im sure you are right, but I’m not sure what you mean. I can search for an address fine in search and I get an embedded map that I can click to open Google Maps. How does it work in the US?
arka2147483647 12 minutes ago [-]
Does not work for me. Presumably there is some popup you have to accept somewhere for it to work.
globular-toast 2 minutes ago [-]
Instead of literal insanity, why not try to think about how to solve this problem? With the correct markup, your browser could recognise the address as a physical location and ask you how you would like to handle the address. You would choose Google Maps.
We need to stop being so helpless. A proper user agent should be able to do what you want it to.
ktallett 5 minutes ago [-]
This is unrelated to Google's apps being integrated and working together which should not be affected by that.
qq66 34 minutes ago [-]
The EU has found a clever way to charge US tech companies for market access without triggering a WTO violation.
jabwd 12 minutes ago [-]
If the US had working anti trust this wouldn't really even be a thing.
blitzar 23 minutes ago [-]
Its a reverse uno after decades of fines by the US against European banks and car makers.
They will just write it off against the tax they pay back in the US anyway.
Iolaum 26 minutes ago [-]
I m not sure about that. It raises the cost of doing business, but US tech giants still get to dominate the EU tech landscape.
phoronixrly 27 minutes ago [-]
What's the alternative -- let US companies continue with their anti-competitive practices?
troupo 22 minutes ago [-]
This is the exact same thing the US should he doing, but its in love with corporate overlords.
ktallett 6 minutes ago [-]
The issue is that app developers can not offer alternatives to this, not that Google's apps only favour their own services. This is the exact same issue Japan had with Apple. Both were fair rulings. Forcing developers to use services is just removing free competition.
anonymous_user9 1 hours ago [-]
For reference, that's 0.25% of Alphabet's revenue last year.
-lmao 1 hours ago [-]
EU will do shit like this and still refuse to support Firefox over Chrome
throw1234567891 47 minutes ago [-]
wathefuk r you talking bout
YukiElectronics 24 minutes ago [-]
Probably referring to how quite a few e-ID and online banking sites require you to use Chrome or Safari, as the companies behind them don't test with eg. Firefox.
The Danish "MitID", for example, doesn't quite work right with how a lot of apps using it for authentication (the default Firefox settings probably strip something from the intent links the MitID login page uses) and Danish citizen service sites require Chrome for some things such as booking an appointment, iirc.
We need to stop being so helpless. A proper user agent should be able to do what you want it to.
They will just write it off against the tax they pay back in the US anyway.
The Danish "MitID", for example, doesn't quite work right with how a lot of apps using it for authentication (the default Firefox settings probably strip something from the intent links the MitID login page uses) and Danish citizen service sites require Chrome for some things such as booking an appointment, iirc.