Why did Apple and Google make it hard to switch default browsers for so many years?
I'd argue that it isn't hard. Of course it's much easier with this screen, for the initial choice.
Why did Apple and Google make it hard to switch default browsers for so many years?
I have to admit I did not follow the link in MR's post. Thank you!
Yes but it would be first 20% of the time, if there are five browsers to choose from for example. And if some percentage of people choose the first choice always, even a small percentage, than a choice with such low acceptance would see an increase just because of the change in presentation. This has nothing to do with the merits of the browser or competition just math and behavior. Numbers alone needs analysis and intelligence to interpret. Clearly they have an agenda.The list is random. The Brave is not on always on top. At appears in random order for each user. Don't worry, it's a fair game and it proves DMA makes competition better already.
There's 12 browsers in the list as clearly indicated here https://developer.apple.com/support/browser-choice-screen/Yes but it would be first 20% of the time, if there are five browsers to choose from for example. And if some percentage of people choose the first choice always, even a small percentage, than a choice with such low acceptance would see an increase just because of the change in presentation. This has nothing to do with the merits of the browser or competition just math and behavior. Numbers alone needs analysis and intelligence to interpret. Clearly they have an agenda.
Definitely. However, they would not have seen this jump hadn't Apple included a list of browsers, with Brave being on top.Brave and the other browsers basically get free advertising here.
And what prevented those people from installing the Brave browser before 6 March? 🤷🏻♂️
It's not alphabetical.More likely people are choosing it because it’s first on the list.
Soon Microsoft will rename “Edge” to “Alpha” or something.
Human psychology. People usually prefer the default option. Safari came pre-installed and a lot of people didn't question this option.And what prevented those people from installing the Brave browser before 6 March? 🤷🏻♂️
To those who didn't notice: The chart is misleading, because the Y axis doest start at 0. Completely needless, since a 40% jump would still look impressive without such manipulation.
Probably a small spike as interested parties take another look, but nothing like the spike they’ll get from the browser choice screen, which’ll mostly be a one off.And this is with Brave still working on the same engine as Safari, right? I wonder how it will change when they implement the Chromium engine.
By the way, Brave is my second browser on my Mac, but my main browser is still Safari.
It's certainly significant for Arc, even if Arc isn't significant to the browser market at large.Eight thousand to eleven thousand is not a significant jump. In a sea of over one billion devices that isn't even a blip.
Tell me you didn’t understand the IE issue without telling me.Not an advertising at all. Rather an unfair competition, because Safari comes preinstalled.
Microsoft 2010 with its IE all over again.