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No, Chrome was amazing when it was released, at the time Firefox was slow with an aging architecture and MS was still pushing Internet Explorer.

• Sakos 4y ago
  That's the narrative tech guys tell themselves because they don't care about anticompetitive behavior unless it's a company they don't like. I worked with normal users for years. Half of them weren't aware of what browser they used, much less why.
  • Mayzie 4y ago
    Anecdotally, I clearly remember when Chrome came out and it was _vastly_ more performant than any other browser, owed to its one-tab-one-process model. I tried it, enjoyed it so I switched from Firefox, and switched all my family from Firefox.
  • robswc 4y ago
    The "average" user just knows "chrome is fast" because for the last 10 years, that's what they've heard. Even a lot of older people I talk to seem to use chrome. This is especially so for the younger generation. There were a few years there of mainstream "I posted this from internet explorer" with a delayed piece of news or reaction. I'm not a chrome fan either.
  • lolinder 4y ago
    > they don't care about anticompetitive behavior unless it's a company they don't like If you think that Google generally gets treated positively around here, you haven't spent much time on HN: there's very rarely a Google story that doesn't go negative in the comments. And I'm also quite curious why you think you're the only one around here who "worked with normal users for years". I also worked with normal users for years (and still do), and actively taught people what a browser was and recommended Chrome on the basis that it was better than everything else.