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Re:iPadOS Identified as Digital 'Gatekeeper' Under New EU Te... by hakanderyal on Monday April 29, 2024 @07:51AM (#40197154)
Is there any public data about browser usage on MacOS?

I rarely see people using Chrome on a Mac.

Re:iPadOS Identified as Digital 'Gatekeeper' Under New EU Te... by WA on Monday April 29, 2024 @08:12AM (#40197296)
Surprisingly hard to find this info. This says it’s 66% for Chrome on macOS:

https://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?opt...

Re:iPadOS Identified as Digital 'Gatekeeper' Under New EU Te... by infotainment on Monday April 29, 2024 @08:07AM (#40197255)
I’ve had the opposite experience; I’ve literally never seen anyone using Safari on a Mac. Even tech illiterate people always seem to end up with Chrome somehow.
Re:iPadOS Identified as Digital 'Gatekeeper' Under New EU Te... by JKCalhoun on Monday April 29, 2024 @08:29AM (#40197421)
> Even tech illiterate people always seem to end up with Chrome somehow.

Ha ha, because they are unable to quit the app.

Re:iPadOS Identified as Digital 'Gatekeeper' Under New EU Te... by servus45678981 on Monday April 29, 2024 @08:11AM (#40197284)
Aren‘t tech illiterate people the ones using chrome?
Re:iPadOS Identified as Digital 'Gatekeeper' Under New EU Te... by luuurker on Monday April 29, 2024 @08:24AM (#40197378)
It depends? If you're a more advanced user, need extensions, and a more complete browser overall, you have to use Chrome(ium) and Firefox.
Re:iPadOS Identified as Digital 'Gatekeeper' Under New EU Te... by danmur on Monday April 29, 2024 @08:23AM (#40197373)
They're the ones using Apple products generally so there's certainly overlap with both chrome and safari
Re:iPadOS Identified as Digital 'Gatekeeper' Under New EU Te... by flohofwoe on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @02:56AM (#40208000)
Lol, no. An important reason for me to not use Safari is that it doesn't support uBlock Origin, 'tech illiterate people' rarely care about ad-blocking.
Re:iPadOS Identified as Digital 'Gatekeeper' Under New EU Te... by hakanderyal on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @12:07AM (#40219406)
I used Firefox before safari because of uBlock Origin, but performance and battery life were big problems. There are ad blockers in Safari gives me the same end result as uBlock Origin.
Re:iPadOS Identified as Digital 'Gatekeeper' Under New EU Te... by makeitdouble on Monday April 29, 2024 @08:29AM (#40197423)
Anecdotally, GSuite works a lot better on Chrome than any other browsers I've tried. Unsurprisingly companies opting for GSuite will see a larger share of chrome use, it might as well be preinstalled when handing down the computer or mandated at IT level when the intranet and other corporate SaaS is explicitely tested for chrome first.