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Re:Google and Mozilla are working on iOS browsers that aren'... by jaynetics on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @05:56PM (#34701082)
Even if there is a choice, iPhone users might tend to stick with Safari anyway. Desktop Safari's market share is about 10%, roughly the same as macOS' market share, which seems to suggest limited appetite for browser customization.
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Re:Google and Mozilla are working on iOS browsers that aren'... by capableweb on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @06:08PM (#34701247)
> Desktop Safari's market share is about 10%, roughly the same as macOS' market share

Where you're getting these numbers from? Doesn't sound right to me, but maybe I just have a biased sample. I'd guesstimate that 50% if not more of my friends with macOS run Chrome, small percentage (2 or 3) runs Firefox and the rest Safari.

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Re:Google and Mozilla are working on iOS browsers that aren'... by freshpots on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @06:33PM (#34701564)
I think they mean market share for all desktop/laptops and not just Macs. https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/desktop/worl...
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Re:Google and Mozilla are working on iOS browsers that aren'... by mr_toad on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @08:45PM (#34703000)
Statcounter and other sites show ~10% for desktop Safari, and 15-18% in richer countries.

Most people I know with Macs have at least two browsers installed, but then most people with Macs I know are fairly tech savvy.

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Re:Google and Mozilla are working on iOS browsers that aren'... by the_solenoid on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @10:40PM (#34703827)
I can tell you, the users on the whole know about as much about tech as a luddite from 1867.

I mean, that's a huge draw in the consumer space for mac/ios. Remember the scale were at here. Something like 250,000,000 ios devices a YEAR.

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Re:Google and Mozilla are working on iOS browsers that aren'... by gdetassigny on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @06:44PM (#34701683)
One reason for that might be wanting to use the same browser across mobile and desktop though. I know I stuck with Safari for a while because of that. I'm now on Firefox for both Mac and iOS but the iOS experience isn't that great.

Once other browsers are allowed on iOS, it's possible more users will migrate on both desktop & mobile to Chrome/FF.

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Re:Google and Mozilla are working on iOS browsers that aren'... by latexr on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @10:05AM (#34708987)
I have never read or heard of anyone using desktop Safari due to a “limited appetite for browser customization”. In every context of every conversation I’ve witnessed where desktop Safari was mentioned, every participant was fully aware other browsers exist.

As an example, Safari is the only choice if you don’t want to give more marketshare to Chromium but also need to programatically control or retrieve information from your browser. Firefox has no AppleScript support, which disqualifies it immediately.

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