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Chrome is installed by default in android. The choice won't be preferred choice if website starts to put message like "Works best with Google Chrome".

• smoldesu 4y ago
  Websites already have to do that, because Safari still lacks a number of web technologies that get picked up faster on Chrome and Firefox.
  • jeromegv 4y ago
    But they can’t on mobile. Which is now a bigger part of the web.
    • jensensbutton 4y ago
      They can on Android.
    • smoldesu 4y ago
      Sure they can. "The Reddit experience isn't complete in your browser. Please download the official app to continue:"
• googlryas 4y ago
  No it isn't - that is a choice made by phone vendors to include it, but they are perfectly free to ship their phones with firefox, or opera, or no browser at all. The android OS has no knowledge of chrome and it doesn't get any special handling or abilities like iOS/Safari.
  • pdpi 4y ago
    The Android OS has no knowledge of Chrome, but AIUI the licencing for Play Services basically forces you into installing it
  • jcranberry 4y ago
    Samsung by default has their own chromium based browser as the default.
  • lkramer 4y ago
    I am unable to uninstall Chrome from my Android phone. That seems pretty special.