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At the moment though, there is no single likely alternative to Chrome’s dominance. But perhaps that’s for the better.
First off, why is it for the better not having no alternative? Secondly Firefox IS an alternative to Chrome.
BTW, this Magic Lasso is an ad blocker for Safari.
I'm hoping this bit is what they meant
Maybe a collection of browsers, all supporting open web standards, with substantial, though not dominant marketshare is the answer.
Instead of having chrome replaced by some other browser and the cycle repeating, the author might want a fair balance of different browsers eating away at their market share?
I will still recommend Firefox to regular users, and Zen for users that want something new/different (Arc users for example)
Maybe they really was comparing the dominance position only, not being a usable alternative. Although Firefox does not work for everything and Chrome or other browsers are required instead (such as streaming with Xbox games in browser), so there is that. If we only speak about market dominance and the ability to change that, yes, then I agree that Firefox/Mozilla is not in a position to do that at the moment.
Firefox should be used alone for the fact that it has superior addon support for ad blockers. That's a real world difference and reason, not just some ideology (as it was it in the past for me).
Firefox should be used alone for the fact that it has superior addon support for ad blockers. That’s a real world difference and reason, not just some ideology (as it was it in the past for me).
Agreed! Up till now, it was on par with chrome for functionality / user experience. Moving forward it will be better because it will still have proper ad-blockers
People are only realizing this today?
Definitely a la IE
Technologically inferior to other browsers? What other browsers? Firefox?
Kinda fitting that Microsoft chose Chrome as the base for its Edge browser …
They chose Chromium. Which is the base for Chrome (and all other relevant browsers).
They chose Chromium. Which is the base for Chrome (and all other relevant browsers).
I know we live in a time of why-give-a-fuck-about-facts, but I see two 'relevant browsers' in the top ranking that are not chromium-based:
Chrome 66.68%
Safari 18.07%
Edge 5.25%
Firefox 2.65%
and out of those 4, 3 are based on a fork that came originally from khtml. so it's really just firefox that matters in this race. well, until ladybird is ready.
Well that's cool
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