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Why Is Everyone So Obsessed with Chrome?
- rober7 6y agofast, great features and a lot of addons
- 8note 6y agoWhy look at global market share when safari is only available on one segment of devices? The world isn't obsessed with safari because they don't have apple products.
- phendrenad2 6y agoIf you bother to click over to "os market share" on the same site he links, you'll notice that Safari usage almost exactly matches iOS/MacOS combined usage. So we're all in a bubble, including this author, where we worry about what browser we use. The vast majority of people just use the default browser on their OS. I have no opinion of this guy's use of Safari, and I hope he has continued success and fun using it. But for me and mine, I'll continue to use whatever works best (that being un-Googled Chromium on Linux).
- spacemanmatt 6y agoFor those new to the browser wars, Chrome beat Microsoft's entrenched browser monopoly by adroitly leading on quality and security. Also, I think there might be something to the modern computer user having more awareness that "cross-platform" might matter even if they don't personally use 3 platforms every day.
- TheCoelacanth 6y agoDon't forget extremely aggressive marketing and paying affiliates for installs. For a long time, all of the shady adware installers were installing Chrome behind your back.
- spacemanmatt 6y agoAgreed, Google is no saint. But compared to the dirty tricks campaign Microsoft waged overtly through leveraging OS bugs against competitors and threatening competitors (read: what the DOJ sued them over) Google was the relatively clean choice. Hindsight makes them look way worse, of course.