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I have said this before, but I will repeat again: The entire internet discourse is filled with "Chrome evil, use Firefox". Go to any browser discussion on the
by monlockandkey 4y ago
I have said this before, but I will repeat again:
The entire internet discourse is filled with "Chrome evil, use Firefox". Go to any browser discussion on the internet and 99% of the thread is "just use Firefox or Firefox is the best". You would think that everyone uses Firefox.
The internet is a bubble. Reality is Firefox usage is pathetic. 32 MILLION people have STOPPED using Firefox in the past 4 years. The browser only has a 3.16% market share.
https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/user-activity https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/user-activity
https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share
Chrome is a good browser. Can be considered objectively better than Firefox given its superior performance, equivalent if not slightly better resource usage, web compatibility and integration with the Google ecosystem (which the vast majority of internet population use (excluding niche tech circles)).
I have no vendetta against Firefox. At the end of the day, it is just a browser and that is a personal preference. But people act like it is some sort of saviour that will bring them to the light. There is such an aggressive tribal mentality with browsers. It makes no sense as all browsers look the same, feel the same and have the same functionality. Just a matter of preference given your needs, and for 70% of the population, Chromium delivers.
- nedt 4y agoFirst of all usage of Firefox is mostly desktop. On iOS you don't even have a real choice. Just looking at desktop doubles the share. Then you have different usage in different countries. Looking at desktop in Europe you get above 10%. Last I'm never sure you skewed the Firefox stats are. Often 3rd party trackers are blocked and I have yet to find a comparison of client side vs. server side tracking. Not saying the Firefox numbers are wrong, just that they aren't certain.