i wish fewer people used chrome. the google monopoly is so bad
i don't get how this happened. it's not even like, wildly good. it's far more a memory hog than i've ever seen firefox be. and after a hundred releases or something it still can't even handle having more than a few tabs open
same reason internet explorer dominated the market before chrome: it comes preinstalled on 99% of computers. the computers are just phones now
ok yeah i got nothing for that. maybe just brand recognition?? everybody uses google so google is obviously good, right
@gutmunchies @eevee Here's my explanation: All browsers set Google as their search engine & often homepage.
Google searchresults and homepage (at least used to) include a prominant ad for chrome.
A large enough quantity of users did as the ad requested to kickstart this deathspiral!
@gutmunchies @eevee Does Chrome really come pre-installed on a bunch of desktop computers? Phones, obviously, but I'm surprised about desktop.
It’s a bit different. #Microsoft was not an online service provider at the IE era. The pre-installation let the websites to only consider IE users.
#Google is not only the developer of #Chrome they are also a big big online service provider, incl maps, email, office, videos. An G service may perform better on Chrome than other browsers
@zhenboli @gutmunchies @eevee yes they were. OWA (Outlook Web Access, ie the web UI for Exchange): need IE. MSDN: need IE. Etc.
And Microsoft tied Office bundle price to ship IE. Like Google does with Playstore and Chrome.
@gutmunchies even on big boy computers chrome is utterly dominating