Lauren Weinstein on Nostr: In a slap in the face to users, #Google says it will not fix Chrome for older Linux ...
In a slap in the face to users, #Google says it will not fix Chrome for older Linux systems. For backstory see:
https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/113005994244041783
This despite their own support page noting that they are supported. They also say this was not an accident and that they did this intentionally despite total lack of warning to users.
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Showing a level of disdain for users that is remarkable even for Google, Google now says they will NOT fix Chrome that has suddenly been broken without warning (Chrome Stable 128) for older Linux systems, despite their own support page saying those systems are supported, with no mention of current or future deprecation, as of this morning.
It is also worth noting that arguments suggesting one should expect Chrome to stop working when an OS goes End Of Life (absent extended support) are invalidated by Google's own actions. For example, they kept updating Chrome for Windows 7 -- LONG end of life -- until relatively quite recently, and warned of the upcoming end of support for Chrome on Win7 long in advance of that date.
This situation is absolutely shameful.
L
https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/113005994244041783
This despite their own support page noting that they are supported. They also say this was not an accident and that they did this intentionally despite total lack of warning to users.
MORE:
Showing a level of disdain for users that is remarkable even for Google, Google now says they will NOT fix Chrome that has suddenly been broken without warning (Chrome Stable 128) for older Linux systems, despite their own support page saying those systems are supported, with no mention of current or future deprecation, as of this morning.
It is also worth noting that arguments suggesting one should expect Chrome to stop working when an OS goes End Of Life (absent extended support) are invalidated by Google's own actions. For example, they kept updating Chrome for Windows 7 -- LONG end of life -- until relatively quite recently, and warned of the upcoming end of support for Chrome on Win7 long in advance of that date.
This situation is absolutely shameful.
L