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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    4 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.

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      4 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…

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        4 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.

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        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