> Firefox has higher desktop browser usage than edge

I don't think the Wikipedia page supports this definitively.

Under summary tables [1], for October 2021, 2 out of 4 sources put Edge ahead of Firefox for desktop browsers (by more than the ones that put Firefox ahead of Edge). In older data, Edge+IE seems to beat Firefox.

Separately, Firefox being more used than Edge would not contradict most people using Edge briefly until they install Chrome.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers#Su...

> I thought they removed the ad for chrome in google services.

They certainly haven’t, here’s what going to google.com looks like in Safari: https://files.catbox.moe/ew6idm.png

I am talking about desktop. Never seen chrome ad in mac safari, even in private browsing.

You get spammed by Google a lot if you use edge on desktop.

How does that graph disprove my supposition? I would assume Firefox's share is almost completely Linux users and people on the more sophisticated end who choose Firefox explicitly.

The pattern you see there would still hold in the scenario I describe so long as Chrome is quite effective at getting people to install chrome through things like banners and email CTA's.

So what that they are linux users? I am sure you would consider Linux users as at least partially caring about the browser they use. I can't imagine any linux user to use Edge even if it was available on Linux. The point is more user care about the browser they user than you think.

Well Firefox is largely the default on Linux, so it wouldn't represent a proactive choice.

And linux users are probably more likely to fall into the category of sophisticated user than the general population.

I don't see any evidence in what you've presented that the average computer user cares at all about what browser they're using beyond "I will click until the annoying notifications go away".