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Re:Alibaba’s UC Browser is dominating in Asian markets with ... by intopieces on Monday January 01, 2018 @01:18PM (#16047202)
And when those users upgrade to a mid-tier phone in the future, what browser do you suspect they will adopt?

The thing they are used to, or the thing that is new?

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Re:Alibaba’s UC Browser is dominating in Asian markets with ... by kinkrtyavimoodh on Monday January 01, 2018 @01:33PM (#16047281)
Most click on "Internet" to go to their browser, so yeah I don't think there's much brand loyalty.
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Re:Alibaba’s UC Browser is dominating in Asian markets with ... by Techonomicon on Monday January 01, 2018 @01:20PM (#16047212)
The thing that is installed by default.
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Re:Alibaba’s UC Browser is dominating in Asian markets with ... by GuiA on Monday January 01, 2018 @01:20PM (#16047213)
The one preinstalled on their phone, as long as it has a text field at the top where they can just type where they want to go. Most people don’t give any thought to these things.
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Re:Alibaba’s UC Browser is dominating in Asian markets with ... by t3ra on Monday January 01, 2018 @01:34PM (#16047292)
No they won't bcuz UC comes with features that people actually like

-data compression (which also acts as a vpn to access blocked content)

-content feeds

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Re:Alibaba’s UC Browser is dominating in Asian markets with ... by snaky on Monday January 01, 2018 @01:38PM (#16047306)
UCBrowser will ship preinstalled as system browser on their mid-tier phone too (MTK, 6" 18:9, 3-4GB RAM, $100-$150)
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