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It's alarming how insular the Safari team is at Apple. They legit think it's the best browser. To gather some data, I quickly skimmed through 20 MacBook unboxin

It's alarming how insular the Safari team is at Apple. They legit think it's the best browser. To gather some data, I quickly skimmed through 20 MacBook unboxings by regular people on YouTube and the first thing they do is download Chrome. Every single one of them. Google would've taken over the iPhone and iPad as well because regular everyday people want and like Chrome but Apple's anticompetitive practices are not letting people access it.

dmitriid 5y ago
> It's alarming how insular the Safari team is at Apple. Do not confuse "not wanting to spend spending billions of money on advertisement and having dozens of talking heads" with "being insular" > They legit think it's the best browser. Quotation needed > To gather some data, I quickly skimmed through You skimmed through videos of people who've been subjected to continuous and relentless advertisement campaign across multiple properties that has been going on for over a decade. > because regular everyday people want and like Chrome They've been told they want and like Chrome. Continuously. As another data point: Google's Apps regularly "forget" my choice to use a browser and once a month or so propose I open external links in Chrome. Subject a "regular user" to such behaviour long enough, and they will "want Chrome".
- whywhywhywhy 5y ago
  >Quotation needed I mean, read the tweet it's passive aggressive.
moonchild 5y ago
> I quickly skimmed through 20 MacBook unboxings by regular people on YouTube I am curious which videos you watched. The first four hits for 'macbook unboxing' on youtube for me are[0][1][2][3]. Of these, only 0 installs chrome; 1 does not seem to use a web browser at all, and 2 and 3 both use safari. 0. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI6OvkcFES8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI6OvkcFES8 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8oFSlBHo14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8oFSlBHo14 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Zghbf4fwE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Zghbf4fwE 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYHDmPvtWHA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYHDmPvtWHA
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dmitriid 5y ago

> It's alarming how insular the Safari team is at Apple. Do not confuse "not wanting to spend spending billions of money on advertisement and having dozens of talking heads" with "being insular" > They legit think it's the best browser. Quotation needed > To gather some data, I quickly skimmed through You skimmed through videos of people who've been subjected to continuous and relentless advertisement campaign across multiple properties that has been going on for over a decade. > because regular everyday people want and like Chrome They've been told they want and like Chrome. Continuously. As another data point: Google's Apps regularly "forget" my choice to use a browser and once a month or so propose I open external links in Chrome. Subject a "regular user" to such behaviour long enough, and they will "want Chrome".

whywhywhywhy 5y ago
>Quotation needed I mean, read the tweet it's passive aggressive.

moonchild 5y ago

> I quickly skimmed through 20 MacBook unboxings by regular people on YouTube I am curious which videos you watched. The first four hits for 'macbook unboxing' on youtube for me are[0][1][2][3]. Of these, only 0 installs chrome; 1 does not seem to use a web browser at all, and 2 and 3 both use safari. 0. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI6OvkcFES8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI6OvkcFES8 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8oFSlBHo14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8oFSlBHo14 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Zghbf4fwE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Zghbf4fwE 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYHDmPvtWHA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYHDmPvtWHA

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