It’s the only browser I have installed besides Safari, and my default browser but instead of just opening the link with my default browser, it advertises these other browsers to me and makes me click ‘Default browser app’ by default. wtf I’ll be turning that off, should have never been a feature.
Does iOS not have like a “default Apps” system?
It does. And Firefox is my default browser app.
So if Firefox is your default, what happens when you tap that “open with default app” button at the bottom?
Predatory design for non techy people. It’s a deliberate decision to put that as the most uninviting option. Also creates doubt in the user by not showing any logo/icon
Also, it’s turned on the ask me every time option so you’re likely to be asked a few times as you’re likely to just hit the option you want before realising that there’s a way to turn it off.
I don’t know anything about iOS development, but my guess is that since this is a google app they do show the chrome icon regardless if you have chrome installed or not. If you don’t have it, clicking that will take you to the App Store.
They show safari because that comes on an iPhone that that’s the default default browser (i guess that’s the way to say that?)
I don’t think they have a way to scan your phone for what other apps are installed and list the ones it thinks are web browsers here. What I mean is that I don’t think that it’s technically possible of feasible to display a Firefox icon here. How could it know you have that app?
It opens Firefox. They’re complaining about nothing.
It makes the choices look strange though. You see the Google suggestions and the Apple suggestions even though those aren’t the default. This is that walled garden in action on both Apple and Google’s side.
Blame the design, not the user.
I am! I think this is intentional on both Apple and Google to force you to use their apps
Yes they can easily fetch the correct data
Sure, but saying it won’t work with Firefox at all is inaccurate. I hate this menu, but it’s incorrect to say it doesn’t give the option of using Firefox.
Does it matter at the end of the day? If I understand this correctly all browsers on iOS use the Safari engine, and it is not like OP can’t open FF from there.
I don’t believe “calendar” is an option for default apps iirc (someone correct me if I’m wrong)
At least you can uncheck “ask me every time”
If it actually works. I’ve had pretty poor results personally.
…OK? This is a pretty standard prompt in most OS. Not sure why this is such a huge deal.
It’s a stupid prompt. It should use the default browser, always. That’s why the user set it as the default. The most egregious issue with these is that they prompt the user to open links in browsers they don’t even have installed, which would then take the user to the App Store, which is a horrible user experience when all someone is trying to do is open a link.
This type of UI is something only an app with a vested interest in a browser would do, and they only add other stuff in there to avoid some kind of anti-trust allocations by giving the illusion that the prompt was placed there to give the user choice.
I’ve also found that toggle to remember the setting doesn’t actually work. It keeps showing the prompt over and over again.
Except the OP doesn’t have chrome installed the options should be Firefox, Safari, Open with default.
Set Firefox as your default browser by going to Settings > Firefox > Default Browser App.
Also, by adding your Gmail to iOS, you can get your Google calendars through the Apple Calendar app.
I hate Apple as much as the next guy but this is some next level complaining.
Step 1: Select “Open with Default.”
Step 2: Accept that the mere suggestion that you use literally any option that’s not your preference isn’t a personal attack and the end of the FOSS world.
Step 3: Profit.
Not respecting the default and shoving up the prompt in an attempt to get users to download an app instead of opening the link in the users browser of choice is a dark pattern and everyone should complain about it.
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Blame Apple. This is from when Safari was forced to be the default in all cases, so Google hard coded their other browsers to open the link. The possibility to set another browser as default is pretty new, probably Google is waiting to switch to the new API or otherwise people with iPhone 7 or older wouldn’t be able to run the app anymore (no more updates for them)
If that’s the case…
if ios_version < 14 { show browser prompt } else { open in default browser }
I’m pretty sure the geniuses over at Google could figure this one out.
Maybe it’s not possible to access the new API entirely if you don’t target the latest iOS
We’re talking about 0.5% of iPhones here.
https://telemetrydeck.com/blog/ios16-market-share-03-23/
Also, if you look up Google Calendar in the App Store it supports iOS 14 and newer, meaning they don’t support any phones that don’t allow the user to set a default browser.
There is no technical reason for this “feature” to exist anymore.
