Firefox saw an increase in users following Apple’s default browser changes in the EU.
www.theverge.com
Firefox spokesperson Christopher Hilton tells The Verge that the browser has seen a more than 50 percent jump in users in Germany and a nearly 30 percent increase in France: Brave saw a similar increase in users after Apple started letting users choose their default browsers on iOS 17.4 in the EU last week.

Firefox spokesperson Christopher Hilton tells The Verge that the browser has seen a more than 50 percent jump in users in Germany and a nearly 30 percent increase in France.

  • Ephera@lemmy.ml
    22·
    4 months ago

    I believe, the behaviour is different, depending on where you’re from. In the EU, Microsoft is comparatively well-behaved. In the US, they’re extra icky.

    • Default_Defect@midwest.socialEnglish
      31·
      4 months ago

      I’m in the US and that has never happened to me, and neither has a lot of the other wild shit people claim microsoft does every day.

      • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        What I see a lot of the time is default pdf viewers and the like being left on Edge. They also hide the default browser setting in outlook to default to Edge.