On: Firefox beta supports Apple silicon natively

[obilgic]

incase you are wondering how native chrome support going (which is released today):

https://twitter.com/oguzbilgic/status/1328805861834117120

[terramex → obilgic]

FYI: this build was pulled and fixed one will go live tomorrow. In the meantime one can use Intel version through Rosetta or manually give Bluetooth permission to native Chrome ( https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/83557143 ).

[bleachedsleet → terramex]

Or take this moment of reflection to switch to Firefox and stop supporting a monopolized web!

[theferalrobot → bleachedsleet]

You could say the same thing about Linux. Standardization is helpful - there are so many companies with an interest in chromium it’s not just a google project anymore it is a huge community project.

[hamandcheese → terramex]

Why does Chrome need Bluetooth? Gross...

[glandium → hamandcheese]

For web bluetooth, I presume. https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/web-bluetooth/

[keymone → glandium]

the real question is why can't it work without the permission?

[sagz → hamandcheese]

For Google Cast most likely. Local discovery of Cast recipients. Casting to your TV etc is a popular feature

[josteink → sagz]

But that's most likely on your local network. No need to use Bluetooth for this, when you have simple local UDP multicast.

Also: Using Bluetooth for discovery of your units suck. I live in an area with lots of houses close by each other, and I see at least 3 Apple TV's in my iPhone's AirPlay menu which are not on my network, and there's no way for me to get rid of them.

Apple, Google and friends: Stop. Trying. So. Hard! We're all on the same network. It's OK. No need to look further.

[05 → josteink]

> I see at least 3 Apple TV's in my iPhone's AirPlay menu which are not on my network, and there's no way for me to get rid of them

Write a script to stream Rick Astley's most popular clip to them in a loop, wait for the owners to turn off P2P Airplay.

[josteink → 05]

But why should I have to? Why should I look outside my network when attempting to connect to my devices?

It's the P2P AirPlay design which needs a justification, not me wanting to get it disabled.