cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/firefox@lemmy.ml/t/476611
What if we got to easily choose our web browser, and didn’t have to rely on complex operating system settings to change the pre-installed default?
Do you keep the default browser on your Linux distro, or do you change it? If yes, why?
Yes, the percentage is high. Most people would be annoyed to have another selection screen in the setup process.
But I do think I saw more people using non-Google search engines since Google was forced to provide a search engine selection screen in the setup process.
To me it sounds like an idea most people would say is a good idea because people like choice on principle, but the vast majority of people will then just use Chrome anyway.
But at least they can decide for themselves, even if it's just because of the logo. The friction to switch the browser after the fact is way too high, especially on mobile nearly all people use the default browser.
The study is also about Android. But the main reason I crossposted here is because I was curious what the opinion of this community about browser screens in the setup process is.
Our research involved 12,000 people in Germany, Spain and Poland setting up a highly realistic virtual Windows or Android device.
https://research.mozilla.org/browser-competition/choicescreen/
Edit: I believe that this study is also applicable to desktop Linux users, since those are generally more tech-savy.
What percentage of users know what browser they want to use but also find the process of downloading and installing one complex?
I usually install like 4 browsers, and keep a chromium one for a few tabs that for whatever reason are hostile to the others
Firefox hardened with Betterfox, Chromium for some sites which are broken because of ad/fingerprint blocker, firefox itself.
Better if Mozilla stop crying and unfuck their browser, instead of spending money on useless shit and offensive CEO paychecks and blaming eveyone but themselves for their failure.
I change it, because my distro came with pale moon browser which looks like something from the early 2000s
