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Title    Firefox Browser Use Drops as Mozilla's Worst Microsoft Edge Fears Come True
Date    Tuesday August 04 2020, @01:35AM
Author    martyb
Topic   
from the I-use-Lynx,-you-insensitive-clod! dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=20/08/03/1430220

takyon writes:

Firefox Browser Use Drops As Mozilla's Worst Microsoft Edge Fears Come True

Back in April, we reported that the Edge browser is quickly gaining market share now that Microsoft has transitioned from the EdgeHTML engine to the more widely used Chromium engine (which also underpins Google's Chrome browser). At the time, Edge slipped into the second-place slot for desktop web browsers, with a 7.59 percent share of the market. This dropped Mozilla's Firefox – which has long been the second-place browser behind Chrome – into third place.

Now, at the start of August, we're getting some fresh numbers in for the desktop browser market, and things aren't looking good for Mozilla. Microsoft increased its share of the browser market from 8.07 percent in June to 8.46 percent in July. Likewise, Firefox fell from 7.58 percent to 7.27 percent according to NetMarketShare.

[...] As for Mozilla, the company wasn't too happy when Microsoft first announced that it was going to use Chromium for Edge way back in December 2018. Mozilla's Chris Beard at the time accused Microsoft of "giving up" by abandoning EdgeHTML in favor of Chromium. "Microsoft's decision gives Google more ability to single-handedly decide what possibilities are available to each one of us," said Beard at the time. "We compete with Google because the health of the internet and online life depend on competition and choice."

[...] Microsoft developer Kenneth Auchenberg fought back the following January, writing, "Thought: It's time for Mozilla to get down from their philosophical ivory tower. The web is dominated by Chromium, if they really *cared* about the web they would be contributing instead of building a parallel universe that's used by less than 5 percent."

Is the browser monoculture inevitable or will Firefox hang in there?

Previously:

Mozilla Teases Chromium-Based Firefox, Then Pulls Back
Firefox Tops Microsoft Browser Market Share for First Time
Netmarketshare Claims Mozilla Firefox Usage Drops Below Ten Percent
Microsoft Intercepting Firefox, Chrome Installation on Windows 10 Insider Build
Microsoft Reportedly Building a Chromium-Based Web Browser to Replace Edge, and "Windows Lite" OS
Mozilla CEO Warns Microsoft's Switch to Chromium Will Give More Control of the Web to Google
Microsoft Employee Sparks Outrage by Suggesting Firefox Switch Browser Engine to Chromium
Mozilla Was "Outfoxed" by Google
Microsoft Edge Shares Privacy-Busting Telemetry, Research Alleges

Original Submission

Links

  1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
  2. "Firefox Browser Use Drops As Mozilla's Worst Microsoft Edge Fears Come True" - https://hothardware.com/news/microsoft-edge-mozilla-firefox-market-share-desktop-browser
  3. "Edge slipped into the second-place slot" - https://hothardware.com/news/edge-beats-firefox
  4. "accused Microsoft of "giving up"" - https://hothardware.com/news/mozilla-unhappy-with-microsoft
  5. "fought back the following January" - https://hothardware.com/news/microsoft-dev-implores-mozilla-surrender-bring-firefox-chromium
  6. "Mozilla Teases Chromium-Based Firefox, Then Pulls Back" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=16/04/13/0142252
  7. "Firefox Tops Microsoft Browser Market Share for First Time" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=16/05/18/0241236
  8. "Netmarketshare Claims Mozilla Firefox Usage Drops Below Ten Percent" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/06/05/0218239
  9. "Microsoft Intercepting Firefox, Chrome Installation on Windows 10 Insider Build" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/09/13/1311213
  10. "Microsoft Reportedly Building a Chromium-Based Web Browser to Replace Edge, and "Windows Lite" OS" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/12/04/051212
  11. "Mozilla CEO Warns Microsoft's Switch to Chromium Will Give More Control of the Web to Google" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/12/09/0458235
  12. "Microsoft Employee Sparks Outrage by Suggesting Firefox Switch Browser Engine to Chromium" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=19/01/28/2054256
  13. "Mozilla Was "Outfoxed" by Google" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=19/04/16/1555207
  14. "Microsoft Edge Shares Privacy-Busting Telemetry, Research Alleges" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=20/03/17/1857224
  15. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=42483

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