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Firefox was already at 25% when the iphone released[0]. The idea that there wasn't competition in the browserspace before the iphone is wrong. 1: https://en.wi
by SahAssar 2y ago
Firefox was already at 25% when the iphone released[0]. The idea that there wasn't competition in the browserspace before the iphone is wrong.
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers
- ceejayoz 2y agoBreak YouTube in Firefox (which Google does sometimes these days) and people switch to Chrome. Break it on iOS Safari and you’re losing actual revenue.
- SahAssar 2y agoYou talked about when iOS/iphone launched. Youtube did not work on iOS safari back then since it used flash. You're moving the goalposts. Either way you still have not proven that less user choice now somehow leads to more user choice in the future.
- ceejayoz 2y agoYou’re really missing the point, but as a bonus, that’s why the iPhone launched with a dedicated YouTube app; Google didn’t want to give up all that potential revenue. We know letting a dominant player abuse their position to corner the market has long-term downsides to user choice. Windows, IE, and now Chrome.
- SahAssar 2y ago> We know letting a dominant player abuse their position to corner the market has long-term downsides to user choice. Windows, IE, and now Chrome. The solution to that is to stop the abuse, not remove user choice.
- ceejayoz 2y agoI’m all for breaking Chrome apart from Google’s ads business. Until regulators stop being asleep at the wheel, “we can’t lock iOS users out of everything” likely keeps Safari alive.