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> then Google used anticompetitive practices to squash it Not exactly. Apple happened. Every "web designer" had to work on a macbook to be different like ever
by arkh 1y ago
> then Google used anticompetitive practices to squash it
Not exactly. Apple happened.
Every "web designer" had to work on a macbook to be different like every one else. And firefox had dismal performances on those macbooks so said designers turned to the only browser with good tools and good enough performances: Chrome.
Next time you're told "performances don't matter", remember how it can be a differentiating feature and could cost you your market share.
- jaoane 1y ago> Every "web designer" had to work on a macbook Sorry? Why? I must’ve missed that memo :)
- martin82 1y agoBecause working on Windows machines was a gigantic pain in the ass back then and Linux still kinda sucked as a desktop OS.
- robin_reala 1y agoAll the front-end devs I knew at the time switched to Macbooks after the Intel switch, because you could get a Unix-based machine that could run Safari and Firefox natively, and Internet Explorer in a VM. Chrome wasn’t even released at that point.