Here's Why Firefox is Seeing a Continuous Decline for Last 12 Years - It's FOSS News
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Firefox is witnessing a decline in its userbase for the past 12 years. Dan expresses his views on the 'why'.
  • Dessalines@lemmy.ml
    3·
    3 years ago

    All their reasons were pretty strange: tabs on top, features, memory management, privacy… these are all things chrome is undeniably worse on, yet it has more market share.

    It really just has to do with chrome being preinstalled on a lot of android devices as @uthredii@lemmy.ml mentioned, and the momentum from one of the biggest tech companies asking you to install it when using any google service.

    • TheConquestOfBed@lemmy.ml
      1·
      3 years ago

      It seems a bit like a manufacturing consent thing, like “this is why firefox should fail.” So you don’t examine the real hostile business practices going on behind the scenes.

  • uthredii@lemmy.ml
    1·
    3 years ago

    In my opinion:

    1. Chrome based browsers are pre-installed on Windows and Android.
    2. Chrome based browsers are approximately the same in terms of speed/usability (this was not the case for internet explorer).
      1. And 2. Cause a virtuous cycle where Chrome browsers are optimised for by Devs. Websites are less likely to have bugs for Chrome browsers because of this.

    Anacdotally even some non-tech people know that Firefox is better for privacy.