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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 82 points 5 months ago (56 children)

after Apple started letting users choose their default browsers on iOS 17.4 in the EU last week.

Lol, srsly, why does anyone use apple devices willingly. Like for work I sorta get it if there's no alternative but it really took government action to compell this extremely basic customisation.

[–] CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.works 29 points 5 months ago (9 children)

In the US at least, sadly, it’s imessage. It’s a weird social thing - if you have “green bubbles” people really look down on you.

It’s dumb and superficial, but it works.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Copying my comment from a month ago -

“Finally!

… being able to send longer messages, sending high quality pictures, read receipts, typing indicators, GIFs, location sharing, the ability to send and receive messages over Wi-Fi, and improved group messaging.

And you still see folks thinking color is what’s important.”

[–] pm_me_your_quackers@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 months ago

Honestly, it's the first thing to come out of iPhone users mouths, and when you tell them about Signal, more often than not they say "eww I'm not installing another app".

They'd rather an Android user spend another $1200 than install a free app. It's not features, it's elitism.

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