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Firefox saw an increase in users (~50% in Germany and ~30% in France) following Apple’s default browser changes in the EU. (www.theverge.com)

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Firefox spokesperson Christopher Hilton tells The Verge that the browser has seen a more than 50 percent jump in users in Germany and a nearly 30 percent increase in France.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Very nice. Nobody wants to use Safari anyway, they were forced by Apple.

Thank you EU!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Now just finish off iMessage and we're done (I'm talking about categorising it as a gatekeeper, since what I've recently noticed is the amount of people who are close to me (classmates, old friends) that switched to apple is growing rapidly, and I'm now waiting for a day someone will be confused as to why I can't use iMessage (mark my words at least here in Czechia iPhone users are going to be a problem, I hope that the situation doesn't end up like in the US)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

The only thing I'll credit Safari with is killing Flash.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Huh? I fucking love Safari. Clean layout, integrates with iCloud passwords & OTP (while also cleaning up OTP codes from SMS and Mail.app afterwards), tons of extensions, doesn’t drain the battery on my aging MacBook Pro, supports Profiles, it’s perfect for my needs. I’m also just a huge fan of stock apps, tbh.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Boiling frog syndrome. Enjoy your walled garden.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hey, we don't need that negativity here. We need that negativity for the apple fan boys who'd die to buy the latest phone, than to re-use an old one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Luckily they last a super long time with regular software updates and security patches!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Is it walled, though? What am I missing? I use Firefox now and then and don’t see anything other than uBlock origin that I’m missing out on (and I much prefer using NextDNS globally on my systems). In fact, I prefer a lot of the Safari extensions. Gotta love the “it just works” part of stock apps. Can’t say the same for Firefox…