Firefox saw an increase in users following Apple’s default browser changes in the EU.
www.theverge.com
Firefox spokesperson Christopher Hilton tells The Verge that the browser has seen a more than 50 percent jump in users in Germany and a nearly 30 percent increase in France: Brave saw a similar increase in users after Apple started letting users choose their default browsers on iOS 17.4 in the EU last week.

Firefox spokesperson Christopher Hilton tells The Verge that the browser has seen a more than 50 percent jump in users in Germany and a nearly 30 percent increase in France.

Brave saw a similar increase in users after Apple started letting users choose their default browsers on iOS 17.4 in the EU last week.

  • abhibeckert@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    30% of increase in daily installs ≠ 30% increase in users.

    Yeah the lemmy headline is poorly written (the source article is pretty clear).

    Still 30% is a substantial jump and will eventually turn into a bunch more money for FireFox - a good thing if you ask me.

    If I my sandwich shop sells 30% more sandwiches one day, that doesn’t mean I’m certain to make 30% more money at the end of the year. I might make more, I might make less.

    It costs money to make sandwiches. Mozilla doesn’t even pay for bandwidth (Apple has that covered) - so the FireFox iOS app essentially only has overheads. Which means more users equals substantially more profits.