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ELI5: Why are Lemmy users freaking out over threads? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by xthedeerlordx@lemmy.world to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world

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[-] mohKohn@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago

You know chrome is basically the only actual browser, right? everything but Firefox is a chrome skin.

[-] Silviecat44@vlemmy.net 2 points 1 year ago

only actual browser

Firefox

[-] TThor@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Browser Market Share Worldwide - June 2023

Chrome 62.55% (Chromium engine)
Safari 20.5% (Webkit engine)
Edge 5.28% (Chromium engine)
Opera 3.22% (Chromium engine)
Firefox 2.8% (Quantum Engine)
Samsung Internet 2.38% (Chromium engine)
https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share#

While other browsers technically exist, it is foolish to think that web browsers are a thriving diverse ecosystem right now, when 74% of all web-browsing is done using a Chrome-based browser. With their influence, if Google decided to start forcing changes on how websites function on a technical level, they could absolutely do that with little to stop it;- what are websites going to do, alienate a supermajority of their users?- And that is why people are so worried about things like Threads, because once a single company has supermajority control of a market, they can use that control as a weapon to get what they want.

I say this as an avid Firefox user: Firefox is niche. And the only reason Safari has 20% is because it is integrated with apple products, if it weren't for that, Chrome and Chrome-reskins would effectively be the only option.

[-] rikudou 5 points 1 year ago

if Google decided to start forcing changes

They already do. If they want an api for their next web project, they just create it. Sure, first they offer to make it a standard but if others disagree, they just make the api and encourage people to use it. This is IE all over again.