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0 pointsmotorest8mo ago0 comments

> The people using it.

I'm not sure if you are serious. I mean, look at Chrome and Edge and Safari. They are managed by corporations that control their own platform. I get Chrome, Edge, and Safari because it is actively pushed onto me.

What does Firefox have?

The ugly truth is that browsers like Chrome and Edge and Safari are just as good as Firefox, and a user who is not a software militant doesn't really care or know what browser they are using. They open the "internet" app and browse away.

What leads you to believe this is a Firefox issue?

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dartharva8mo ago

Edge and Safari yes, but Chrome doesn't come pre-installed in both Windows and MacOS. You and every Chrome user actively goes out of their way to download and install it.

> What does Firefox have?

Every single nontrivial Linux distribution out there comes packaged with Firefox as the default browser.

> a user who is not a software militant doesn't really care or know what browser they are using. They open the "internet" app and browse away.

Clearly then all Chrome users on laptops/desktops are software militants..

> What leads you to believe this is a Firefox issue?

Firefox had at least half a decade of a headstart against Chrome and did jack shit with it.

andrewaylett8mo ago

Google have at times used quite forceful messaging to push users of their search product to download Chrome.

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