Firefox saw an increase in users following Apple’s default browser changes in the EU.
www.theverge.com
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: Brave saw a similar increase in users after Apple started letting users choose their default browsers on iOS 17.4 in the EU last week.

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.

  • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I’m on iOS and had Firefox as my default for several years. Probably shit journo meant browsing engine.

    • emax_gomax@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Reading through the replies, I’m amazed anyone went through the effort to install Firefox but didn’t bother changing the default browser to it. Something in this story smells fishy.

      • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Eh. I have fiddled with many different browsers as my default. Doesn’t mean much when it’s all WebKit.

    • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      The only thing new is that the first time it prompts you to pick which app to pick as your default (and installs it). Only the prompt is new, manually installing something and making it default has been an option for a while.

    • lea@feddit.de
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      8 months ago

      No, third-party browsing engines are not a thing that’s been implemented yet. This is about a screen that prompts EU users to pick a browser rather than defaulting to Safari and leaving it up to them to install another.

      • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Are you telling me every Android phone manufacturer globally prompts their user base to select all their default apps, instead of defaulting to whatever Google, Samsung or some telco choose?

        I have a hard time believing that considering all the bloatware…

        • RatBin@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          Samsung browser isn’t bad, but I occasionally used opera to download web pages in PDF more reliably. Chrome is there, it’s basic and fast…but it’s not the best browser.

        • CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml
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          8 months ago

          You are prompted what app to use when trying to do something, yes. If you click a link in an app for the first time, it will ask you what browser to open it into

    • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      I believe they meant prompting users to choose a default browser.

      Everybody sticks to the default defaults. It’s such a truism that fairness dictated legislators got involved.