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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. (www.theverge.com)

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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.

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[–] WhatAmLemmy 21 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I'm on iOS and had Firefox as my default for several years. Probably shit journo meant browsing engine.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

No, third-party browsing engines are not a thing that's been implemented yet, and might never be by Firefox. This is about a screen that prompts EU users to pick a browser rather than defaulting to Safari and leaving it up to them to install another.

[–] WhatAmLemmy -5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Are you telling me every Android phone manufacturer globally prompts their user base to select all their default apps, instead of defaulting to whatever Google, Samsung or some telco choose?

I have a hard time believing that considering all the bloatware...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

You are prompted what app to use when trying to do something, yes. If you click a link in an app for the first time, it will ask you what browser to open it into

[–] RatBin -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Samsung browser isn't bad, but I occasionally used opera to download web pages in PDF more reliably. Chrome is there, it's basic and fast...but it's not the best browser.

[–] WhatAmLemmy 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So Samsung's default to Samsung browser, and the problem isn't specific to Apple or iOS?

[–] RatBin 1 points 6 months ago

Samsung phones come with two types of default, the Google apps and the Samsung ones. So yes, they're all there taking away your memory space.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I believe they meant prompting users to choose a default browser.

Everybody sticks to the default defaults. It’s such a truism that fairness dictated legislators got involved.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The order seems sketchy, that's not A-z. And if they chose to order by application name, safari would be burried way down the list xD.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It’s randomized

[–] muntedcrocodile 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Is it actually thats funny as fuck. But a bit sus that safari is still at the top

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Just a coincidence. Safari was 8th or 9th for me while Vivaldi was first.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble 7 points 6 months ago

The only thing new is that the first time it prompts you to pick which app to pick as your default (and installs it). Only the prompt is new, manually installing something and making it default has been an option for a while.

[–] emax_gomax 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Reading through the replies, I'm amazed anyone went through the effort to install Firefox but didn't bother changing the default browser to it. Something in this story smells fishy.

[–] WhatAmLemmy 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Eh. I have fiddled with many different browsers as my default. Doesn't mean much when it's all WebKit.

[–] emax_gomax 1 points 6 months ago

Doesn't really seem like the same motivation as what would suddenly lead to a 50% increase in adoption in the EU. I just don't really see the cause and affect between apple prompting you and suddenly firefox uptick. I'm guessing most people who used to install it never realised just installing it didn't make it the default (but they should've when they open any url).