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Don't forget that Google advertises Chrome on the most popular website in the world google.com, as well as in a lot of it's products. Chrome also ships with Android, the most popular mobile operating system.

I assume these channels are a huge reason why people adopt it. I love the new Firefox and use it every day but, unfortunately, I don't think it will come close to Chrome's market share by just being slightly better.

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Google even does scummy bundling of chrome with popular downloads. I don't understand how people don't have problem with that.

"Hey, I've noticed you have Google Calendar installed on your phone! You're missing a bunch of other crapware! Install it now!"

Never. Enable. Notifications. They're just product management spam.

This isn't much different than people complaining Edge nags Chrome users to switch, but not minding Google sites nagging the heck out of Firefox and Edge users: If you already are on Chrome, as most people are, you don't see Google harassing people since you're already onboard.

I've heard a lot of chatter amongst non-tech people about Facebook etc spying on the public. I think the general population is finally starting to care a little bit about privacy, so that might help Firefox's numbers a bit.

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