With nearly 9 in 10 teenagers now using an iPhone, what does the future for Android in the US look like? At the moment, not great

Android isn’t cool with teenagers, and that’s a big problem::Nearly 9 in 10 US teenagers use an iPhone, spelling disaster for Google’s mobile future

  • pastabatman@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I know Lemmy has a hate boner for Google, but come on. What about Firefox, brave, opera, edge? It’s trivially easy to get a browser without Google telemetry on every single platform, and because they are all standards compliant (unlike the Internet explorer days) websites will work just fine on all of them. Chrome isn’t even preinstalled in windows, mac, iOS, or most (any?) Linux distros. People aren’t being forced to use it, they are downloading it. I promise you this is not humanity’s biggest problem right now.

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Just so you know, of that list, only Firefox isn’t chromium. And they’re only 3% market share

      Nobody’s saying it’s humanity’s biggest issue. But it is an issue, and it’s a larger issue than people realise.

    • mindlessLump@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Definitely not humanity’s biggest problem. Chromium becoming the de facto browser creates a situation where one entity controls standards and influences how the web operates, impacting user choice and freedom, and reduces incentives for privacy and security updates.

      This already happened once with IE.

      I only use Firefox on desktop, but I doubt it will be a relevant choice much longer.

      Edit: wrt telemetry, I was referring to the Android operating system. They collect anything and everything on users and all nearby devices.