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ekr____ 20 hours ago

> Their usage share is a statistical error, and most of it comes from being shipped with Ubuntu.

This is not true, and is easily verifiable for yourself.

https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/hardware

The vast majority of Firefox usage is on Windows.

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gldrk 20 hours ago | parent [-]

I am surprised. Does that imply most GNU/Linux users go out of their way to install Chromium actually? Ubuntu and Firefox have a similar market share.

	▲	homebrewer 19 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No idea about most Linux users, but here's what little we know for sure: Arch pkgstats (opt-in): ~64% FF, ~41% Chromium, ~17% Chrome https://pkgstats.archlinux.de/fun/Browsers/current Debian popcon (opt-in): 2.2% Firefox, ~10.3% Chromium https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=firefox https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=chromium Flathub installs: 10kk Firefox, 10kk Chrome, 1.8kk Chromium https://flathub.org/en/apps/org.mozilla.firefox https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.google.Chrome https://flathub.org/en/apps/org.chromium.Chromium snapcraft statistics isn't public, afaik.