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And yet average users fled IE en masse as soon as they had a (back then) good alternative. There is still hope!
by rtsil 3y ago
And yet average users fled IE en masse as soon as they had a (back then) good alternative. There is still hope!
- grey_earthling 3y agoI'm not sure they fled IE as such. They saw a link (advert) on Google that said “make your internet better” and they clicked it. Yes, some techies actively chose Chrome knowing full-well what the alternatives were, but I'm pretty sure the advertising produced much greater numbers. (Also, the techies who enthusiastically recommended Chrome were the same ones who enthusiastically recommended Twitter a few years later, and are now enthusiastically recommending Signal — which illustrates the quality of their judgement when it comes to monopolies.)
- screamin_jesus 3y agoTechies enthusiastically recommended chrome because it was by far the most stable and responsive and secure browser. Prior to quantum, firefox was a dog, and let's not talk about internet explorer...