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I will be honest. I didn’t read that article because it’s too click-baity. Using gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/ I see that Firefox is about 3% of 5b users. Not insignificant.

That 3% is about 150mil users. IMO, less than it should be. Google has great security, but terrible privacy. I switched middle of last year, from brave to FF for reasons I won’t get into here. Suffice it to say, they are numerous.

It truly is troubling that they don’t have independent funding. I, for one would pay $10/y for this service. Maybe I could donate?

Anyway, it’s a superior product in many ways.

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soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I would say a good half of posts on Lemmy are too click-baity for me to actually look at. Every title clearly has picked a side and it’s rare to see something even attempt to be impartial

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- Quexotic@beehaw.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I can’t disagree with you. I feel like that’s the way of the world anymore regardless of platform.
  
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  - soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Agreed, unfortunately you’re right
    
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    Quexotic@beehaw.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    There are a few good sites that document slant and coverage.
    
    www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news
    
    ground.news/landingV4/middleground
    
    www.theflipside.io
    
    newscompare.com
    
    pewresearch.org/…/americans-main-sources-for-poli…
    
    I hope this helps.
    
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barsoap@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
That’s total browser market. On Desktop it’s 7.61%, in Germany 17.93%, making it second place (though Edge isn’t far behind). Europe is 10.56%, North America pretty much average, Asia and South America are dragging it down.

It truly is troubling that they don’t have independent funding. I, for one would pay $10/y for this service. Maybe I could donate?

Firefox is Mozilla’s cash cow, it’s how they’re earning funds for their charitable work. And google btw isn’t the only one paying them, which search engine is the default depends on where you are.

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- Quexotic@beehaw.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  Firefox is Mozilla’s cash cow, it’s how they’re earning funds for their charitable work. And google btw isn’t the only one paying them, which search engine is the default depends on where you are.
  
  Thank you that’s wonderful news! I don’t have the time to keep up on browser news like that so I truly appreciate the information.
  
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