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Chrome is holding on to a 67% market share on desktops[0] despite not being pre-installed on either of the two most popular desktop operating systems. I see th

Chrome is holding on to a 67% market share on desktops[0] despite not being pre-installed on either of the two most popular desktop operating systems. I see the polls, I understand the concern, but Mozilla probably should focus on why the 46% of people who do know how to replace their default browser almost universally choose to replace it with Chrome, rather than Firefox. 0. https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/desktop/worldwide https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/desktop/worl...

politician 4y ago
That’s easy. Google.com prompts you to install Chrome if you’re not running Chrome when you visit. There’s not equivalent site for Mozilla (MDN doesn’t have the same reach as “Google it”).
witnesser2 4y ago
just two cents here, as far as I know, all browsers need GPU acceleration. you can try to turn it off see how fast you can browse. so without OS, how can browser drive GPU?
- cronix 4y ago
  I believe that's mainly for video. Does HN slow down if you turn it off?
  - witnesser2 4y ago
    Based on my previous knowledge, text, UI controls, video frames all have to go through the render pipeline. Should be no exception. This is community talk, just fyi.
  - ColonelPhantom 4y ago
    Video acceleration and rendering acceleration are both mainstream. On Chrome, open chrome://gpu which will tell you various things about its use of your GPU. I'm not aware of an equivalent page for Firefox but opening about:support should somewhere inform you of the compositor, which when it says "WebRender" also makes use of your GPU.
notriddle 4y ago
> Chrome is holding on to a 67% market share on desktops[0] despite not being pre-installed on either of the two most popular desktop operating systems. 1. It's advertised on the two most popular search engines. 2. Microsoft doesn't include Chrome in Windows, but a lot of Windows OEMs pre-install Chrome.
- oneplane 4y ago
  Windows includes Edge, which is essentially chromium.
  - notriddle 4y ago
    Since Edgium isn't part of that 67% number, it doesn't matter.
uses 4y ago
One is a core strategic element of a trillion dollar company, the other is donationware? In any case Chrome's dominance is more about Microsoft's failings than Mozilla's.

politician 4y ago

That’s easy. Google.com prompts you to install Chrome if you’re not running Chrome when you visit. There’s not equivalent site for Mozilla (MDN doesn’t have the same reach as “Google it”).

witnesser2 4y ago

just two cents here, as far as I know, all browsers need GPU acceleration. you can try to turn it off see how fast you can browse. so without OS, how can browser drive GPU?

cronix 4y ago
I believe that's mainly for video. Does HN slow down if you turn it off?
- witnesser2 4y ago
  Based on my previous knowledge, text, UI controls, video frames all have to go through the render pipeline. Should be no exception. This is community talk, just fyi.
- ColonelPhantom 4y ago
  Video acceleration and rendering acceleration are both mainstream. On Chrome, open chrome://gpu which will tell you various things about its use of your GPU. I'm not aware of an equivalent page for Firefox but opening about:support should somewhere inform you of the compositor, which when it says "WebRender" also makes use of your GPU.

notriddle 4y ago

> Chrome is holding on to a 67% market share on desktops[0] despite not being pre-installed on either of the two most popular desktop operating systems. 1. It's advertised on the two most popular search engines. 2. Microsoft doesn't include Chrome in Windows, but a lot of Windows OEMs pre-install Chrome.

oneplane 4y ago
Windows includes Edge, which is essentially chromium.
- notriddle 4y ago
  Since Edgium isn't part of that 67% number, it doesn't matter.

uses 4y ago

One is a core strategic element of a trillion dollar company, the other is donationware? In any case Chrome's dominance is more about Microsoft's failings than Mozilla's.