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Re:An everything app is terrible for liberal democracy by chrischen on Monday October 10, 2022 @12:39PM (#33153513)
Chrome has a worrying share of the desktop market but luckily most people probably browse on their phones these days.
Re:An everything app is terrible for liberal democracy by DoktorDelta on Monday October 10, 2022 @12:47PM (#33153627)
Chrome has a similar market share on mobile as well, especially since it's the built-in browser for Android
Re:An everything app is terrible for liberal democracy by chrischen on Monday October 10, 2022 @12:50PM (#33153666)
https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/mobile/unite...

Not similar. Significantly lower. In fact, it’s not even number one because Android is a lot less popular in the US.

Re:An everything app is terrible for liberal democracy by Khalos on Monday October 10, 2022 @12:54PM (#33153716)
If anything the mobile browser situation is much worse.

On one major platform, there is Chrome by default (so even bigger market share issues). People can install other browsers, but far fewer do than even on desktop. For those that do, most use the Play Store which has some conflict of interest concerns.

On the other platform it's even worse. The only option is Safari and the conflict of interest is fully realized because other browsers aren't even allowed on the App Store

Re:An everything app is terrible for liberal democracy by Mikeb85 on Monday October 10, 2022 @01:11PM (#33153933)
Where is there Chrome by default? Because Samsung is the #1 Android vendor and the default browser on Samsung devices is Samsung's own browser...
Re:An everything app is terrible for liberal democracy by Khalos on Monday October 10, 2022 @01:49PM (#33154342)
I can't speak to all of them, but the Pixel line absolutely does, and so do some other vendors.

At one point Samsung came with both Samsung Browser (chromium based) and Chrome preinstalled, but I'm not sure if that's changed in recent years.

Re:An everything app is terrible for liberal democracy by Mikeb85 on Monday October 10, 2022 @01:54PM (#33154405)
Check the sales figures. The Pixel line is a very minor player, especially worldwide. The biggest vendors are Samsung, Xiami, Oppo, Vivo and Huawei. All have their own browsers. The Pixel line has 2% market share in NA and less worldwide.

Chrome dominates because it's better. People install it.

Re:An everything app is terrible for liberal democracy by MichaelZuo on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @07:06AM (#33161855)
Chrome is the default on way, way, less than 50% of Android phones.
Re:An everything app is terrible for liberal democracy by null_object on Monday October 10, 2022 @01:53PM (#33154401)
> The only option is Safari and the conflict of interest is fully realized because other browsers aren't even allowed on the App Store.

This is such a persistent myth on HN - I think I read it at least once a week - usually on one of the many alternative browsers, plenty of which are available on the AppStore.

WebKit is the building block of browsers on iOS, but there are an extremely varied selection of browsers using it.