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Re:What We're Working on in Firefox by michael9423 on Thursday May 30, 2024 @09:57PM (#40530717)
15 years ago, lots of things were possible. Most people were using firefox, it had like 30 or 40% market share.
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Re:What We're Working on in Firefox by paulryanrogers on Friday May 31, 2024 @09:40AM (#40535018)
Only because Microsoft was asleep at the switch for years beforehand, allowing Firefox to establish a beachhead. Not long after Chrome launched and mobile phones grew in importance (~2010), Firefox was in steady decline.

My argument is that short of ballots and anti-trust enforcement, nothing could have stood against three chokepoint-holding and well resourced competitors.

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