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I've seen thousands of Chrome ads in my life. On TV, on FB, on other ads on other websites, etc. I really don't think I've ever seen a FF ad. At least, I really

by cronix 7y ago

I've seen thousands of Chrome ads in my life. On TV, on FB, on other ads on other websites, etc. I really don't think I've ever seen a FF ad. At least, I really can't recall seeing one. From what I've seen, the public has just not really heard of them. It's mostly just us geeks. It's hard to get market share when your audience doesn't even know you exist. And then you have Android, which comes with Chrome and has a much larger worldwide audience than iOS. I don't know how this is different than windows shipping with IE in the 90s, except Alphabet is allowed to continue while MS was not. Android has about 76% of the world market compared to iOS's ~22%. iOS has been in a slow decline most of this year as well, while Andoid is going up by as much. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/worldwide

userSumo 7y ago
Interesting, i have never seen a browser ad in my life... is that in US or something?
- lucb1e 7y ago
  Netherlands too, and I saw Google ads in Germany as well but not sure for which product.
  - tauchunfall 7y ago
    There were Google Chrome ads in Germany, e.g. here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tinto/5336283196/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/tinto/5336283196/
- cronix 7y ago
  Just searched real quick on YouTube. It wasn't only in the US. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak8UKuQvM98 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak8UKuQvM98 Here's one from 10 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAoKG5RW8Lk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAoKG5RW8Lk
jonny_eh 7y ago
Here it is plastered on the San Francisco Bay Area's commuter train (Caltrain): https://twitter.com/gocaltrain/status/697135271280685056 https://twitter.com/gocaltrain/status/697135271280685056