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No, people moved there because it had multi-million dollar campaign. Ads everywhere from radio, tv, to outdoor posters and billboards is what they had to pay fo
by rplnt 11y ago
No, people moved there because it had multi-million dollar campaign. Ads everywhere from radio, tv, to outdoor posters and billboards is what they had to pay for, and then another millions worth of advertising through ad sense, youtube, google. Still excluding priceless ad positions like mentioned above.
Then there was their active push to eliminate other browser by providing chrome-only experiences. Mostly tech demos and games, but also actively blocking random features in other browsers.
And let's not forget android.
So in short, no, people didn't move there because it was better. You are really overestimating people.
- dbattaglia 11y agoYou're probably right, but as a personal anecdote, I switched to chrome when it came out because I felt it was a better browser. The lack of clutter and the significantly faster JS engine made it feel far nicer to me than FF. For I.E. and Safari it wasn't even a competition. That was circa 2008.