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I don't know why Google is hard at work adding Chrome to killedbygoogle.com, but I welcome it.

I would welcome it too, but it's never going to happen. The masses just don't care enough to change their habits, especially when there's any friction to switching. It's why tactics like MS's aggressive edge pushing actually work to some degree.

Internet Explorer had 95% market share in 2004, with much of the same sentiment.

But then for 5 years they refused to implement any new feature in a time of massive web innovation.

Chrome is not repeating that mistake, most new web APIs come from them.

Agree completely. Additionally, there is a massive Chromebook user base (with the default Chrome browser) that basically has a chokehold on the K12 education space. Conjecture: I think this gets students used to the model of Chrome + Google Docs that they carry forward to their computing use/experience for the future.

Sounds similar to religious indoctrination of the young and absorbent. Get em while they're young is the maxim.

If they actually focused on bettering their web services they wouldn't need to hold reign over web browsers.

This actually shows that they know themselves their products could not stand up in a real free market.

I hate to say it, but there hasn't been a significant change in browser market share since 2018.

https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share

Chrome continues to have a massive lead over any other browser. The only exception is if we look exclusively at the US mobile market, where Safari has a narrow lead; though I'm sure that's because it's enforced by Apple rather than chosen by users. Worldwide across all devices, Chrome and Chromium based browsers have sat comfortably around 80% market share for the better half of the last decade and there's no sign of that changing.

You don't think it will change when your aunt comes to you asking why the adblocking you installed for her isn't working anymore?

No because most people - my aunt almost certainly included - still don't use ad blockers.

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