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[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 45 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)
[–] mattd@programming.dev 36 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] threeganzi@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Ah, that makes sense

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How are those old chrome and safari versions still so prevailing? And what's up with Samsung Internet, is it not a chromium based browser?

[–] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How are those old chrome and safari versions still so prevailing?

People who kids/grandkids setup their computers possibly?

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But don't those updates just happen automatically these days?

[–] smooth_tea@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Probably stuck on an older os which doesn't support the newest browser updates.

[–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 1 points 2 months ago

Or they hate updates for some fake reason like “they want to control me”

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

Yes, but so many?

[–] Anders429@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't stop your manager from requiring support for the other 4%.

[–] agelord@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Most websites these days refuse to support even Firefox.

[–] threeganzi@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

~~Yeah, pretty much as Flex at 97% which is a nice comparison.~~

Edit: See mattd’s comment