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Re:FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to sup... by kaoD on Thursday May 15, 2014 @09:58AM (#7749420)
> If Joe Sixpack or Aunt Tilly uses firefox, wants to watch Netflix, and can't because of this, they're going to switch to Chrome.

They won't switch because they are already using Chrome.

Most Firefox users I know (perhaps I'm biased?) do so not because it's the best browser (it is absolutely not!) but because of Mozilla Foundation's values.

Re:FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to sup... by Curmudgel on Thursday May 15, 2014 @10:48AM (#7749708)
You don't know anyone that uses Firefox for its wider selection of extensions, more customizable UI, and better privacy (separate search bar and URL bar) features?
Re:FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to sup... by kaoD on Thursday May 15, 2014 @10:49AM (#7749719)
> wider selection of extensions, more customizable UI

Nope. Most people don't care about that or in fact prefer Chrome's non-customizable UI.

> and better privacy (separate search bar and URL bar, keystrokes not sent to Google as "partial searches" by default)?

That's what I meant with "Mozilla Foundation's values".

Re:FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to sup... by Curmudgel on Thursday May 15, 2014 @11:15AM (#7749898)
Usually when "supporting a company's values" is given as the primary explanation for choosing one product over another it implies that the customer does not gain or is in fact sacrificing some direct benefit because of a factor that not related to the utility of a product relative to its competition.

Increased privacy is very much a direct benefit for a user and it is a real factor that contributes to the utility of FF.

Re:FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to sup... by yarrel on Thursday May 15, 2014 @04:00PM (#7751851)
Which adding DRM detracts from.
Re:FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to sup... by kaoD on Thursday May 15, 2014 @12:53PM (#7750657)
You're reading too much between the lines.
Re:FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to sup... by blueskin_ on Thursday May 15, 2014 @10:52AM (#7749741)
That's weird. I know a fairly even proportion of users of each, but people who are power users or close are overall more clustered around firefox, to be fair.
Re:FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to sup... by blueskin_ on Thursday May 15, 2014 @10:02AM (#7749437)
That's mostly the case for me too, but not exclusively. As it is, I'd guess Firefox is maybe at most 10-20% power users who are likely to understand privacy issues etc.
Re:FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to sup... by sanxiyn on Thursday May 15, 2014 @10:27AM (#7749586)
You are biased.