Google Chrome pushes browser history-based ad targeting
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  • 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If we keep having to justify any development for other browsers, well end up with Chrome having all the market share!

    • DeadlineX@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I agree. I don’t choose what goes on the board though. And Firefox is less than 5% of the browser market share (likely less than 1% of our customer market share). The money folks are the ones who ultimately decide what gets put in the pipeline. Why would a company care about reducing chromes market share? If we had a bunch or a large customer asking for it, then we’d likely do something to fix the Firefox issues.

      Being a modern browser doesn’t really matter. What matters to companies is their user base and the needs there in. Increasing profits and (if they’re a good company) user satisfaction. Majority will always outweigh the few in these cases.

      • 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Its going to get more and more difficult to be flexible as this company locks in their entire development pipeline into a single browser.

        It will probably be more expensive to move away from Chrome if you DONT develop for other browsers now. All it will take is the company that owns Chrome deciding to exercise their Terms of Service and Privacy Policies to the best of their abilities. If you sprinkle in support for other browsers now, it wont take as much work when the huge overhaul is needed later.

        The money guys are blinded by the dollar signs though.