Chrome market share actually has been declining on desktops since this spring. Could be a factor
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dirtbiker509@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I’d like to believe that enough of us actually stopped using chrome and switched to Firefox the day they made that announcement that swayed them… But in reality I’m sure it was just the bad press and they’re going to try to find a different more sneaky way to do the same shit.
techman@lemmy.world 7 months ago
FangedWyvern42@lemmy.world 7 months ago
From now on, the only browser I’m installing is Firefox.
calavera@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Can you actually stop using chrome on android? Because every link I click it opens in their webview app which is chrome
flamingarms@feddit.uk 7 months ago
Dunno if this is what you mean, but you can definitely set another browser as default. Any context menus will change too: “Open with Firefox”, or w/e you’re using.
calavera@lemm.ee 7 months ago
No, I’m not talking about default browser but the WebView app. For example I’m using Voyager for Lemmy, and if I click on this post’s link it will open the website in the WebView, then I can click to Open with firefox.
But WebView itself is still chrome as you can see
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
You must be on stock android. I think you can still swap out the webview component but I forgot how
aeharding@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You can customize Voyager to open links in default browser not in-app: Settings -> General -> Open Links in
flamingarms@feddit.uk 7 months ago
Ohhhh I see. Yeah, I think Sync uses Chrome too. Sync has an option to always open links in external web browser, so that’s how I got around that.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 7 months ago
It’s even crazier than that. On some versions of Android there is no webview, only chrome! I think that was around Android 8 or so they dropped webview then re-added webview in the next version
CeeBee@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’ve been using Firefox for a couple months now, no issues.
dirtbiker509@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Yeah there is a setting and now when I click links it opens in Firefox. But if you use the Google search widget it still opens in chrome, which is to be expected I guess.
calavera@lemm.ee 7 months ago
That’s not only a problem for google search, most apps uses webview to handle web links. They can do like Voyager and have a option to open the default browser instead, but most of them don’t bother with that.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Actually right now Congress is writing new laws for the Internet, and the EU is looking pretty hard as well, so they might be backing off just so they can get the new laws being written minimized.
Cannacheques@slrpnk.net 7 months ago
To be fair I still think Google services, Microsoft, etc and all that jazz is great, I’m no corporate shill or some free software nutter, but the issue however is the consistent anticompetitive strategies and vendor lock-in used to compensate for a lack of innovation.
Imagine if you could, for about a month, up to a year long period, where you just use a de-googled phone, a live USB and a portable hard drive, you’ll actually have a different perspective and appreciation for what works with computers, printers, etc and our use of technology as a whole
nicknoxx@feddit.uk 7 months ago
I’ve been using Firefox since it was Mozilla.
elbarto777@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I strayed away over IE6, then Chrome v1.0 for a short period, but then came back to my senses.