The people who wouldn’t notice wouldn’t have changed their browser.
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Ledivin@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoI am sure there are some people who just kind of don’t give a fuck about computers who that will be accurate for, but I feel like it’s a much smaller minority than Microsoft seems to think that it is.
You’re definitely overestimating the size of your own bubble. The vast, vast, vast majority of people won’t even notice.
starlinguk@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
onslaught545@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
You’re assuming they’re the ones who installed it in the first place.
PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 3 weeks ago
Ding ding ding
PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 3 weeks ago
https://radar.cloudflare.com/reports/browser-market-share-2025-q1
Check “Market Share by OS” and switch it to Windows. Every one of those 67.359% of people who is using Chrome had it downloaded to their computer on purpose instead of just clicking “Internet” and getting Edge. Obviously they feel strongly enough to do that, so I don’t see how they would be amenable to losing all their bookmarks and settings and just going with Edge when one day their OS tries to trick them into it.
relativestranger@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
many of those chrome ‘users’ got there after clicking on one of google’s many somewhat misleading ‘advertisements’ or ‘notices’ or ‘warnings’
PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 3 weeks ago
Citation: It is known
How many of them? How do you know?
“Many. It is known.”
I also like how you put “users” in quotes for some reason. Anyway, good talk.
glimse@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
To be fair, the claim that every single user deliberately installed chrome has the same citation lol
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 3 weeks ago
I can assure you that the vast majority of users in my footprint, about 600 of them, use Chrome because we set it as default. Many people have no idea the difference between Chrome and edge. I am currently sitting at a desk where the user has opened Chrome, but it is not default.
PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 3 weeks ago
That’s why I used the specific phrasing “had it downloaded to their computer” instead of claiming that they were the ones to do it. You’ll notice that those users in your footprint also fall into a category of people which this won’t do a damn thing to influence.
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 3 weeks ago
Yes, they will.
ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think you’re overestimating the degree to which the majority of users are willing to inconvenience themselves over a browser. If Microsoft announced tomorrow that Windows no longer supported any browser other than edge you wouldn’t see a mass migration to Linux. Instead you would see a healthy uptick in complaints about edge.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Maybe not mass migration, but that alone would probably add another percentage point or so to Linux’s market share, while others would just set about breaking the limitation/working around it within probably hours.
TachyonTele@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Unless enterprise is part of the equation. All those people are simply stuck using whatever thier company uses. Which is usually Edge and Chrome. With no option to change.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Most workplaces I’ve been at let me pick, but one did not let me use Firefox (only Chrome or Safari).
Weirdly one place didn’t block things but Brave wouldn’t install because the installer was actually a downloader and I couldn’t set it to use the corporate proxy. (Also don’t hate me, I don’t use Brave anymore and am not a fan, this was back in 2019.)
LongDog@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Genuine question. Why don’t you use Brave anymore? I’m not a fan of edge or Chrome and am happy with Brave. Always open to ideas through.