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      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.