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Et Tu, Grammarly?

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Aldipower ◴[] No.43515000[source]
I've a similiar problem with Google Translate that breaks my web app. Users, using Google Translate, complaining my app is broken, but it was Google changing the state of my app from a higher meta level. Really bad practice..

I am trying to detect Google Translate and print a warning then.

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MartijnHols ◴[] No.43516979[source]
While Google Translate's interference sucks, with current browser tools, I don't think they can really operate any other way.

This is mostly because of cases where they need to translate a sentence like "[Click here] for more information". When translating it to another language, they may have to move the link to the end e.g. "For more information, [click here]". The only way to achieve that is to shuffle DOM elements around, which can cause interference with interactive apps.

There's still a lot the Google Translate team can do to reduce the interference they cause, but I don't think they can fully eliminate it without some new browser APIs.

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1. kelvinjps10 ◴[] No.43518847[source]
But they are the owners of a browser