Re:W3C slaps down Google's proposal to treat multiple domain...
by ziml77 on Friday April 09, 2021 @08:27AM
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They have a low market share now, but there's really not much of a barrier to switching. So if Chrome does still go through with implementing this, people can hop right on over to Firefox.
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Re:W3C slaps down Google's proposal to treat multiple domain...
by danso on Friday April 09, 2021 @12:27PM
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The barrier isn't just on the user side. The initial phase of government sites – i.e. web sites where the vast majority of the public are required to use to do official things — were designed with Internet Explorer in mind exclusively. Now many gov sites officially support Chrome as the default, and sometimes mobile Safari. Right now Firefox is at 2.7% [0] of us.gov visitors, almost half that of Microsoft Edge.
The average user, especially those in business/professional settings, are going to keep Chrome as their default for a long time, even if FF becomes equivalent or even superior.