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by ikfmpwdsoz 2790 days ago
What do you mean by "higher value"? Getting IE11 to work will net you an extra 2.85% of the market, but adding a very minor feature that's only usable by Safari users doesn't seem to be profitable at all.
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> only usable by Safari users doesn't seem to be profitable at all.

Why is that? According to [1] Safari has 14% market share. Just the desktop version has 5%.

[1] http://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share

By higher value, I mean they spend more money.
Not sure if you could back that up. I assume you say this because tech-savvy people will not use IE?

But that is assuming the content is aimed at this group.

I imagine that they’re saying Safari users are generally of a “more valuable” demographic (maybe because they’re rich enough to afford Macs?)