Deciding for ourselves: 98% of people want a browser choice screen, Mozilla study finds | The Mozilla Blog
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What if we got to easily choose our web browser, and didn’t have to rely on complex operating system settings to change the pre-installed default? At Moz

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/firefox@lemmy.ml/t/476611

What if we got to easily choose our web browser, and didn’t have to rely on complex operating system settings to change the pre-installed default?

Do you keep the default browser on your Linux distro, or do you change it? If yes, why?

  • Chewy@discuss.tchncs.deOP
    81·
    1 year ago

    Yes, the percentage is high. Most people would be annoyed to have another selection screen in the setup process.

    But I do think I saw more people using non-Google search engines since Google was forced to provide a search engine selection screen in the setup process.

    • dyma@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      my gf’s mom ended up a firefox user because it had the cute fox logo, she didn’t even know what it was called

    • Grangle1@lemm.ee
      7·
      1 year ago

      To me it sounds like an idea most people would say is a good idea because people like choice on principle, but the vast majority of people will then just use Chrome anyway.

      • Chewy@discuss.tchncs.deOP
        2·
        1 year ago

        But at least they can decide for themselves, even if it’s just because of the logo. The friction to switch the browser after the fact is way too high, especially on mobile nearly all people use the default browser.