Edge is just chromium under the hood. So not a surprise there, should be easy lift for them.
hasperdi 3 hours ago [-]
Firefox is never really a major browser
throw-the-towel 7 minutes ago [-]
"Never" is not true, it used to be a major browser. Now, though, sadly it isn't major.
pelcg 2 hours ago [-]
I believe it is. 2% of global internet traffic.
1over137 2 hours ago [-]
How is 2% major though? (I wish FF was more used!)
layer8 13 minutes ago [-]
Firefox has 8-9% desktop market share in Europe, 16-18% in Germany. So in some important markets it’s still pretty relevant.
sunaookami 14 minutes ago [-]
Wasn't Opera's (the good old Presto one) marketshare also 1% back then? And it was still considered major (even though it had compatibility problems mainly caused by sites ignoring the standard)
ndriscoll 1 hours ago [-]
It's more than 2% when you condition on things like "lives in US" or "lives in EU" or "is using a desktop." e.g. among German desktop users it's apparently more like 20%. Most people probably aren't targeting global traffic and should never consider it since it can be extremely misleading.
paddim8 2 hours ago [-]
One in every 50 people is a lot of people.
timetraveller26 2 hours ago [-]
It's in the top 5.
It isn't more used because one browser is promoted by the biggest search engine and thus has two thirds of the market, and the other two come pre-installed with the OS.
spottedmarley 3 hours ago [-]
Anyone can build a custom extension to do anything an extension is allowed to do. I had ~7 standard extensions that I pretty much always install into chrome browser. Over the past month or so I've been using Claude code to build a single custom extension that handles all of the things I used 7 extensions for previously. One extension does everything. You can even use the existing extensions you already use as guides for Claude to make sure all of the features you want are included. One extension to rule them all!
ycombinatrix 2 hours ago [-]
>Anyone can build a custom extension to do anything an extension is allowed to do
Yes, that's why google moved to manifest v3 and extensions can't do as much.
Let's hope for new generations to get tired of so many ads to finally ditch chrome.
Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49220392
It isn't more used because one browser is promoted by the biggest search engine and thus has two thirds of the market, and the other two come pre-installed with the OS.
Yes, that's why google moved to manifest v3 and extensions can't do as much.