Re:Five Walled Gardens: Operating systems are holding browse...
by Dalewyn on Monday September 26, 2022 @06:24PM
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Firefox usurped the then-incumbent IE6 despite all odds. Chrome can be usurped likewise.
Unfortunately for the Mozilla fanbois, though, Firefox won't be an usurper a second time because as already mentioned it's degenerated into simply a Chrome ripoff.
A new competitor can usurp the throne, but it needs to be a genuinely better product to do that and Firefox today is not a genuinely better product.
Re:Five Walled Gardens: Operating systems are holding browse...
by bombcar on Monday September 26, 2022 @09:10PM
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I used Firefox back then because it was faster and performed better.
Then I used chrome because it was faster and performed better.
Now I use safari because its fast enough and chrome is getting creepy.
Re:Five Walled Gardens: Operating systems are holding browse...
by immanentize on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @08:32AM
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If you bother to read the research they've done it makes the case that most people never change the default browser.
That's basically how most people 'choose' their browser.
It also goes over how every other browser engine is actually a Chrome ripoff - some UX changes don't make that so.
If Chrome didn't have Google backing it and Apple didn't mandate Safari, Firefox would likely have significant market share.
This isn't a battle over functionality, it's monopolistic invasion of an open ecosystem by giants that control all of the ingress points. They're turning the entirety of the web itself into an ad/product funnel for giants.
I don't care if Mozilla wins. I just don't think the world is healthy with two OS/mobile/search vendors controlling every major piece of technology.
The technology sector will be healthier if these companies are forced to break up. There will be more competition and more innovation as less is spent fighting for the last 1% of growth.