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by mort96 877 days ago
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.

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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.
Yes, Chrome is good.

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