Google’s claim that search users have choice is “bogus,” Microsoft CEO tells judge::Google’s search dominance creates “vicious cycle,” Satya Nadella testified.

  • nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    While one browser dominating is obviously bad, they at least won the market [roughly] fair and square. Unlike Microsoft which bundles it with their OS and makes it impossible to uninstall.

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      1 year ago

      And harasses you ceaselessly to use it, advertises itself if you look up Chrome in it, gets reset back to default on updates for a bunch of file types.

      Sincerely, a Firefox user.

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      1 year ago

      Ever try using Google’s sites in Firefox or Safari? Most people use Google services and started using Chrome because of Google hounding them to switch. Hell, every major site says to just use Chrome now, and if a real Chrome ever comes out for iPhone, people will just download Chrome because it’s what they use on their computer.

      Sincerely, a frustrated Firefox and Safari user

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        1 year ago

        Google has taken a page out of Microsoft’s book and is currently towards the end of the Extend stage of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. A lot more sites are going to stop working without Chromium very soon if Google gets their way.

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          1 year ago

          Absolutely. I’m not buying the “fair and square” argument. Firefox won over IE fair and square, by being better in every way, but that didn’t last long enough.