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> People forgot what it was to Google back in the day, where google was always showing a notification box to download their Google Chrome

What do you mean "back in the day"? My daily driver is Firefox, and every other time I go to look something up on Google Maps, it tells me I'd get a better experience using Chrome.

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I wonder why you get this? I also use Firefox and I don't think I've ever seen this. I am on Linux. Is this a Windows thing?

I'm also on Linux.

The rare times I use Windows I use Edge, and I can't remember the last time I've used Google Maps there, so can't tell whether it shows it too.

uBlock vs no uBlock?

I'm using uBlock and specifically rejected all cookies. So maybe it respects my choices and doesn't remember that it's bugged me already and I said no. I'm also using containers and don't open maps in the same container as gmail.

Ironically, GMaps doesn’t have 3D view on my Google Chrome (macOS). “Download Google Earth” it says.

GMaps in Firefox has 3D views just fine. The experience of browsing GMaps is better in FF than Chrome itself.

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