Google Play Store: Browsing with Firefox is no longer supported on Android

#1

Post by gphilip » Tue, Feb 10, 2015, 12:58 PM UTC

When I try to open play.google.com from Firefox on my Android device I get:

  This browser is no longer supported.

  Please use the Google Play Store app to access Google Play.

My Firefox version is 35.0, which is the latest version for Android. So it looks like the walls are going up around that particular garden as well.

Re: Google Play Store: Browsing with Firefox is no longer supported on Android

#2

Post by mewwts » Tue, Feb 10, 2015, 1:13 PM UTC

Does it work in Chrome?

Re: Google Play Store: Browsing with Firefox is no longer supported on Android

#3

Post by hutattedonmyarm » Tue, Feb 10, 2015, 1:23 PM UTC

It works from mobile safari (iOS 8.1.3)

Re: Google Play Store: Browsing with Firefox is no longer supported on Android

#4

Post by dannywoodz » Tue, Feb 10, 2015, 1:29 PM UTC

Interestingly, it works if you request the desktop site: they're explicitly blocking Firefox Mobile.

Re: Google Play Store: Browsing with Firefox is no longer supported on Android

#5

Post by rquirk » Tue, Feb 10, 2015, 1:31 PM UTC

mewwts wrote: post #2

Does it work in Chrome?

Yep, just tried it. Firefox not supported, Chrome works fine. It's like Microsoft in the early 2000s all over again.

Re: Google Play Store: Browsing with Firefox is no longer supported on Android

#6

Post by 98Windows » Tue, Feb 10, 2015, 1:33 PM UTC

Nobody uses firefox anymore anyway so who cares?

Re: Google Play Store: Browsing with Firefox is no longer supported on Android

#7

Post by marak830 » Tue, Feb 10, 2015, 1:41 PM UTC

That is quite disappointing. I do wonder if there is a valid reason. In which I mean I hope there is one.

Re: Google Play Store: Browsing with Firefox is no longer supported on Android

#8

Post by interdrift » Tue, Feb 10, 2015, 1:44 PM UTC

I wonder what caused this. That would be a step back...

Re: Google Play Store: Browsing with Firefox is no longer supported on Android

#9

Post by captn3m0 » Tue, Feb 10, 2015, 1:45 PM UTC

The Chrome Webstore used to act similarly (I believe it was because of WebP support, but I might be wrong). It works now, though.

Re: Google Play Store: Browsing with Firefox is no longer supported on Android

#10

Post by nkuttler » Tue, Feb 10, 2015, 1:46 PM UTC

rquirk wrote: post #5

mewwts wrote: post #2

Does it work in Chrome?

Yep, just tried it. Firefox not supported, Chrome works fine. It's like Microsoft in the early 2000s all over again.

Hehe, I was just thinking of the 90s.. http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/

This can't be intentional, can it?