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> I have never bought a prebuilt Windows PC, so this is pure speculation, but I am wildly guessing that the dominance of Chrome is because computers are now coming with Chrome preinstalled and configured as the default

I'm not aware of any Windows machines shipping with Chrome pre-installed. But as soon as you use any website that's owned by Google you get spammed with install links for Chrome.

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toastal5y ago· 2 in thread

An entire generation is being raised on Chromebooks. I wish Boot2Gecko and Firefox OS weren’t a bit ahead of themselves and had better ugh marketing.

brokenkebab5y ago

Entire generation where? Let's say I saw exatly 1 guy with a chromebook through my life, and likely chromebooks weren't even officially sold in my country. And still Chrome is the most popular browser here.

toastal5y ago

Chromebooks outsold Macs in 2020 and schools all over the US are pushing Chromebooks on students because they're affordable and accessible to most people.

https://www.geekwire.com/2021/chromebooks-outsold-macs-world...

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encom5y ago

I remember there was a long period where everything would bundle Chrome. One wrong checkbox and your computer would be infested. Adobe Reader was one prominent example.

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