Chrome thinks Firefox is unsafe! - eviltoast

I needed to reinstall Firefox on this computer, so I started up Chrome to download the latest version and it blocked the download as unsafe! I had to manually tell it to download anyway.

Fuck Chrome. I’m glad I only used it to download one file and went back to Firefox.

  • stolid_agnostic@lemmy.mlEnglish
    41·
    11 months ago

    Gotcha

    Perhaps the download was corrupted? Like maybe the checksum didn’t match. Did it happen a second time or after you did a force refresh?

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      8·
      11 months ago

      Actually, the second time I did it on a Macbook. A separate machine. However, they are both Intel Macs, so they are older and running an older OS (Monterey). Could that be it?

      • stolid_agnostic@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        So far the browsers all seem to be universal apps, and I’d bet they stay that for many years.

        My rule of thumb is that an issue isn’t an issue until it affects at least 10% of the fleet. Before then, it’s a fluke and not worth investigating.

        I think you had a fluke. Seems like it’s worked for you since then.

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        89·
        11 months ago

        For future reference, the correct way to install Firefox on a Mac is brew install --cask firefox, not downloading it manually like some troglodyte.

        Edit: unamused downvoters be like:

        Sorry, folks, I was trying to make a joke, not an insult!