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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, as did Brave. (www.theverge.com)

submitted 5 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

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.

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[–] ricdeh@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

At least for Android, you can pick your default browser from a selection in the installation when you first setup your phone. So no, Chrome is not necessarily the default on Android.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What? I never saw such a selection on setup, and I set up some Nokia Android, LineageOS, GrapheneOS and Google Pixel OS

[–] RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It's a recent eu (or eea) thing: https://www.android.com/choicescreen/dma/

Edit: that article seems to suggest that it's only just now a thing, but it has been here a few years already, from 2019: https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/presenting-search-app-and-browser-options-android-users-europe/:

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Never saw this, maybe it doesnt show when the phone is reset?

[–] RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No clue. Since google only wants to give this choice to users from the eea, there is going to have to be some country verification done. The 2019 blog post spoke about presenting the choice to users after an update.

Maybe the change since March 2024 is that that choice will be given during initial setup instead of later. But that change will likely take some more time to be implemented into updates from device manufacturers, I don't know how fast android updates follow these days.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 5 months ago

I always buy used (by people too lazy or with weird believes that dont want to repair or use old phoned). I really suppose they dont show this on factory reset.