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I guess the reach of German IT media like heise-Verlag on reviews and buyer guides may have something to do with it.

• detaro 6y ago
  I'd also guess this played a part. Not just the heise publications, also many "lower-end" magazines with more popular reach were touting Mozilla Suite and then Firefox a lot to the professional and enthusiast crowd - who then put Firefox on their relatives etc PCs, so a large audience is familiar with it. Not sure other languages had such media that much? Combine that with an attitude that's maybe not chasing trends that much if things work, maybe less advertising impact by Google (although they have the nudges in their products here too, but I feel like I see more in english spaces), and people stick to it longer?