Google asks users to install a Chrome browser to enable Google Earth.
Why is this?
Why is it not possible use Safari, it works fine for everything else?
Appreciate your advice.
Kind regards
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)
My best guess is it has something to do with proprietary hooks that Google has placed in Earth and Chrome — all the better to track and gather information about the user.
Only Google can really answer this question, as Apple does not participate in the Google product development process, and it is Google's responsibility to make Earth compatible with Safari — if they choose to do so.
This is a user-to-user support community, so Apple leadership and product development teams are not going to answer here from an Apple perspective.
My best guess is it has something to do with proprietary hooks that Google has placed in Earth and Chrome — all the better to track and gather information about the user.
Only Google can really answer this question, as Apple does not participate in the Google product development process, and it is Google's responsibility to make Earth compatible with Safari — if they choose to do so.
This is a user-to-user support community, so Apple leadership and product development teams are not going to answer here from an Apple perspective.
Thanks for your reply.
I sort of suspected that this is a simple result of Google policy.
They tend to guard their own interests rather than that of humble end users.
No point in my trying to get an answer from Google - they never respond ...
Kind regards
Since version 9 Google Earth will only work from Chrome.
Since Google writes it they can do whatever they want to distribute it.
Google Earth issues with Safari
