That was the original reason, yes. Now Chrome is installed by default on tons of new laptops etc because Google makes so much money by tracking users via Chrome that they can pay serious $$ to manufacturers to tweak their base build.

>> Someone pointed out that every Chrome user got that way because a techie got them off Internet Explorer... and those same people can just as easily get them onto Firefox.

> That was the original reason, yes. Now Chrome is installed by default on tons of new laptops etc

So Chrome is the new IE now, and the GP comment stands.

Some of them may also have got that way because of the billions Google spent advertising Chrome. I doubt Mozilla could afford to put Firefox ads all over the web to anything like the same extent.

Chrome is the new IE. I work at a well known tech company where majority of internal sites don't work with anything but Chrome.

Its so frustrating.

You seem to have forgotten the extremely agressive marketing from Google. At some point, practically all major free software was bundled with Chrome, which installed by default. It was almost similar to malware in its persistence, and adopted many dark patterns just for the opportunity to get on your PC.