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The claim I addressed was "Firefox has never reversed a browser monopoly" (paraphrased - the original comment had much more derision and snark).

Obviously the person who made this comment was unaware of Firefox single handedly kickstarting the new browser wars (and the removal of IE as the only option).

I made no comment about what came later.

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I still think it's a bit of a reach to say that Firefox "reversed a browser monopoly" -- while 30% was significant, MSIE remained utterly dominant until Chrome hit the market, especially once Google started pushing the browser via their various properties.

Well, you're wrong. A monopoly is when there are no viable alternatives. "Mono" meaning "one".

Firefox presented not only a viable alternative, but was a demonstrably better browser. According to this site [0] Firefox peaked at 47.5% (vs IE 40.2%).

That is reversing a browser monopoly. Period.

[0] https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/the-rise-and-fall-of-pop...

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