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Re:Websites Are Tracking You via Browser Fingerprinting by bronson on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @07:47PM (#44314219)
Firefox never took off.
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Re:Websites Are Tracking You via Browser Fingerprinting by diggan on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @07:50PM (#44314243)
At one point, Firefox (3.5 specifically) was #1, for a brief moment:

> Between mid-December 2009 and February 2010, Firefox 3.5 was the most popular browser (when counting individual browser versions) according to StatCounter, and as of February 2010 was one of the top 3 browser versions according to Net Applications. Both milestones involved passing Internet Explorer 7, which previously held the No. 1 and No. 3 spots in popularity according to StatCounter and Net Applications, respectively - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_3.5

Then Chrome appeared and flattened both IE and Firefox.

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Re:Websites Are Tracking You via Browser Fingerprinting by doublerabbit on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @08:29PM (#44314413)
lol, and I used neither. Opera all the way until...
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Re:Websites Are Tracking You via Browser Fingerprinting by GenerocUsername on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @07:52PM (#44314253)
Define taking off then. Everyone knows Firefox and some people even like it
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Re:Websites Are Tracking You via Browser Fingerprinting by arp242 on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @10:21PM (#44314877)
Millions of people use it. What's the latest usage number? 5% or something?

There's 5 billion people on the internet. 5% of that is 250 million.

Some companies would kill for user numbers like that. Hell, some would slaughter entire villages.

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