[roneythomas6]

Browsers do compete on merit. I use both iOS and Android. My Pixel 6 has an inferior processor compared to my iPhone 14. Even a 5 year old iPhone would smoke my Pixel 6 in benchmarks. But my day to day use Chrome on Pixel 6 is faster for JS heavy apps, scrolling and faster network loading. On a flaky network for sites with http3 the difference is day night between Safari and Chrome android. Chrome’s heuristics based rendering is far more advanced than Safari. I would say Safari a very good JS engine but Chrome has found other ways to make pages much faster.

[mort96]

I'm happy that you have made what I'm sure is highly intelligent rational choices based solely on the technical merits of the browsers!

But there are significant factors outside of merit which influence popularity.

[roneythomas6]

The thing is that Google has made Chrome really good that, there is less reasons for people to leave it for another browser. The only cons are privacy and fear of Chrome being the monopoly. I think other browsers should also compete on technical merits to stop haemorrhaging users.

[mort96]

Yes, Chrome is good.

But there are significant factors outside of merit which influence popularity.