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scholia on Jan 25, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: What’s up with Firefox?

Firefox was out four or five years before Chrome appeared. When it started, it was competing against an aging IE6.

I don't think it has never kept pace with Chrome. Or if so, not for very long. Even if the products had been equally good, which they weren't, Google just has far more market power.

Touche on Jan 25, 2017 [–]

It kept pace with Chrome up until a few years ago, probably around the time that Eich left. Not saying that's causal, I don't know if it is.

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