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> If Joe Sixpack or Aunt Tilly uses firefox, wants to watch Netflix, and can't because of this, they're going to switch to Chrome. They won't switch because th
by kaoD 12y ago
> If Joe Sixpack or Aunt Tilly uses firefox, wants to watch Netflix, and can't because of this, they're going to switch to Chrome.
They won't switch because they are already using Chrome.
Most Firefox users I know (perhaps I'm biased?) do so not because it's the best browser (it is absolutely not!) but because of Mozilla Foundation's values.
- blueskin_ 12y agoThat's mostly the case for me too, but not exclusively. As it is, I'd guess Firefox is maybe at most 10-20% power users who are likely to understand privacy issues etc.
- sanxiyn 12y agoYou are biased.
- Curmudgel 12y agoYou don't know anyone that uses Firefox for its wider selection of extensions, more customizable UI, and better privacy (separate search bar and URL bar) features?
- kaoD 12y ago> wider selection of extensions, more customizable UI Nope. Most people don't care about that or in fact prefer Chrome's non-customizable UI. > and better privacy (separate search bar and URL bar, keystrokes not sent to Google as "partial searches" by default)? That's what I meant with "Mozilla Foundation's values".
- blueskin_ 12y agoThat's weird. I know a fairly even proportion of users of each, but people who are power users or close are overall more clustered around firefox, to be fair.
- Curmudgel 12y agoUsually when "supporting a company's values" is given as the primary explanation for choosing one product over another it implies that the customer does not gain or is in fact sacrificing some direct benefit because of a factor that not related to the utility of a product relative to its competition. Increased privacy is very much a direct benefit for a user and it is a real factor that contributes to the utility of FF.
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