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Re:Chrome 80 Is 30% Slower Than Chrome 75 by _bxg1 on Friday February 07, 2020 @11:50AM (#22267874)
Something I realized recently is that all of these sites have analytics. They can see exactly what percentage of their users are on Firefox, and that will directly drive their dev priorities. Using Firefox isn't just a symbolic gesture; it's a direct vote in its favor.
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Re:Chrome 80 Is 30% Slower Than Chrome 75 by dexen on Friday February 07, 2020 @12:02PM (#22268040)
>all of these sites have analytics.

The analytics is most likely blocked by common adblock rules. And present-day Firefox users are quite likely to be advanced users, running adblock.

Thus Firefox ends up being under-represented in the analytics.

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Re:Chrome 80 Is 30% Slower Than Chrome 75 by ohazi on Friday February 07, 2020 @12:07PM (#22268123)
Do as blockers typically block the user agent? Or have people just gotten lazy and only bother looking at JavaScript generated analytics logs and not actual server logs?

Or have user agents devolved to the point where every browser lists every other browser and you genuinely can't tell them apart anymore?

Seems like you should still be able to identify the browser without a fancy analytics package.

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Re:Chrome 80 Is 30% Slower Than Chrome 75 by PeterisP on Friday February 07, 2020 @12:47PM (#22268595)
> have people just gotten lazy and only bother looking at JavaScript generated analytics logs and not actual server logs?

Yes.

On the other hand, if you're running adblock, many sites probably don't care how and if the site works for you.

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Re:Chrome 80 Is 30% Slower Than Chrome 75 by marcosdumay on Friday February 07, 2020 @01:19PM (#22268982)
Sites that are directly taking your money should care. Or, at least, I would expect them to, but they don't seem to care at all.
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Re:Chrome 80 Is 30% Slower Than Chrome 75 by dblohm7 on Friday February 07, 2020 @12:45PM (#22268576)
> Or have people just gotten lazy and only bother looking at JavaScript generated analytics logs and not actual server logs?

Yes

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Re:Chrome 80 Is 30% Slower Than Chrome 75 by matthewbauer on Friday February 07, 2020 @12:02PM (#22268044)
Recently there has been a push to remove user agents since it tends to make tracking easier. You should make sure firefox is still identifiable.
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Re:Chrome 80 Is 30% Slower Than Chrome 75 by thdrdt on Friday February 07, 2020 @12:04PM (#22268069)
Well because a lot of Firefox users block analytics they won't show up in the stats.

And by the way: it is estimated that 60% of all internet users block analytics. So take your stats with a grain of salt.

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Re:Chrome 80 Is 30% Slower Than Chrome 75 by hastes on Friday February 07, 2020 @12:06PM (#22268100)
> it is estimated that 60% of all internet users block analytics. So take your stats with a grain of salt.

Source?

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