• squaresinger@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      I would so love if this causes an usage spike for Firefox, so that all websites and webapps start testing for Firefox compatibility again…

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        3 hours ago

        The install counts for ad block extensions is surprisingly lower than you’d think.

        uBlock only peaked just shy of 30M users, so much less than 1% of general users. Obviously it’s not that cut and dry, but you get the idea. It’s unlikely they have much influence no matter where they go.

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          48 minutes ago

          How many of those 3 billion Chrome users were on desktop though? Mobile is the default for most of the world.

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          2 hours ago

          You’re saying there are 3 billion Firefox users? That doesn’t sound right. Or you mean 3 billion chrome users?

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            32 seconds ago

            I think they mean approximate chrome users. There’s about 3.8 billion of them.

            Firefox has a user base of approximately 150 million users (and that’s down from 206 million in like 2004).

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          IDK that it’s much less than 1% of general users, considering it’s .4% of the total global population, and even as #1 not everyone uses Chrome on desktop (but also some people have multiple desktops…).

          But your point is still valid, if the roughly 1% desktop market share shifts to FF, not a lot is likely to change.