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by freefaler 649 days ago
Yeah, they've been doing strange things over there for sure. Still for Android their mobile version is way better than Chrome.

However, even if they did have the best browser how many installs would they get based on the quality of the browser? Most people don't care and those who care aren't significant slice of the pie.

Platforms dictate browser distribution because the average person is happy with what he god pre-installed or what google has shown as promo on their page.

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What I like - not sure about Chrome - on mobile is the nav bar at the bottom.

They had >$6billion so I'm sure they could have put in some marketing and distribution partners.

Ladybird will show what one/very small team of devs can do developing a browser and what amount of $ could have been used for marketing and market share.