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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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[–] emax_gomax@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] emax_gomax@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Doesn't really seem like the same motivation as what would suddenly lead to a 50% increase in adoption in the EU. I just don't really see the cause and affect between apple prompting you and suddenly firefox uptick. I'm guessing most people who used to install it never realised just installing it didn't make it the default (but they should've when they open any url).