They need to track it across the OS, not just in Safari.
Google is constantly trying to force Chrome on me from Google Maps, for example. When I tap a link it will ask which browser I'd like to open the link in, Chrome, Safari (maybe?), or the Default. Every time I select Default and tell it not to ask me again. Despite this, I've been asked at least a dozen times. What good is a default browser option if Google keeps prompting me anyway.
Sign-in with Google is also a problem. From what I've read I can only disable it if using Chrome... so to stop a Sign-in prompt used for tracking purposes, I have to use a browser that will track me all the time.
I hope this turns into an offensive move from Apple and not just a defensive one. I'm so tired of Google trying to shove Chrome down my throat. They have nearly 70% market share (more when adding in all the various Chromium browsers), they need to stop trying to play the victim. Safari is the only browser preventing Google from having a complete monopoly on the internet.
I'm curious where you saw the nags in macOS? I use Safari currently at home, but used Firefox for a couple years semi-recently, and use Chrome on my work Mac (by force), and don't recall every being nagged to use Safari.
I've been using Helium for a year and previously Brave for a year and before that Iridium for many years on a Mac, and I was never nagged by anybody...
They need to track it across the OS, not just in Safari.
Google is constantly trying to force Chrome on me from Google Maps, for example. When I tap a link it will ask which browser I'd like to open the link in, Chrome, Safari (maybe?), or the Default. Every time I select Default and tell it not to ask me again. Despite this, I've been asked at least a dozen times. What good is a default browser option if Google keeps prompting me anyway.
Sign-in with Google is also a problem. From what I've read I can only disable it if using Chrome... so to stop a Sign-in prompt used for tracking purposes, I have to use a browser that will track me all the time.
I hope this turns into an offensive move from Apple and not just a defensive one. I'm so tired of Google trying to shove Chrome down my throat. They have nearly 70% market share (more when adding in all the various Chromium browsers), they need to stop trying to play the victim. Safari is the only browser preventing Google from having a complete monopoly on the internet.
Microsoft does the exact same thing and tries to force Edge from the Outlook app. Maybe it’s finally time I find an alternative…
I was in the opposite boat. As a Firefox user on macOS, I couldn't stand Apple's incessant marketing notifications begging me to use Safari.
If Apple is going to track these nags, they better hold themselves accountable too. Google's misbehavior is no excuse to copy their dark patterns.
I'm curious where you saw the nags in macOS? I use Safari currently at home, but used Firefox for a couple years semi-recently, and use Chrome on my work Mac (by force), and don't recall every being nagged to use Safari.
This is the notification I would get: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252412228?sortBy=rank
I noticed it starting in Mojave onward, but it apparently started in Yosemite. Either way, horribly disrespectful UX.
I've been using Helium for a year and previously Brave for a year and before that Iridium for many years on a Mac, and I was never nagged by anybody...
I can't remember ever seeing a Safari nag.