How many people are still using safari on Mac? Everyone I know uses chrome, but maybe that’s just in the states?
In fact, I didn't realize it's actually viable until now.
https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/desktop/worl...
Why does so many people have this attitude that Safari sucks and the only people who use it are idiots who don’t know better?
It’s so incredibly insulting.
Not that putting native Mac in quotes implies anything nice either.
It’s absolutely baffling that you could read my post as saying safari sucks or that people who use it are idiots.
Let me try to be more clear… there are two reasons someone uses Safari on macOS, in my experience:
1. They like it better. Usually, the reason they like it better is because it feels more “native Mac”. This term is in quotes because it’s not a technical term and my understanding of what it actually means is vague, but I by no means dispute that it’s real.
OR…
2. They don’t care, so they use the default.
The way this is written implies to me you think they should install something else, but obviously they just don’t care.
Whenever there are discussions about Safari on hacker news they tend to be a lot of people who seem to have the opinion it should die and that anyone with a brain uses chrome.
Between your word choice and that seemingly common sentiment here that’s what I thought you were saying. I’m sorry if I misunderstood.
I'm trying to understand the reason for the white knight HN commenters NPC reactions coming with their "stop insulting my favorite trillion dollar corporation".
There’s a very common sentiment on HN and other technical places that safari is a serious problem that needs to be removed from the web so that things can be “better”.
That’s why I’m insulted. Not because someone is insulting Apple, do that all you want if they deserve it. Because I’m tired of people implying that the browser I like is shit because it’s not chrome and its only used because people have no choice or can’t figure out how to switch.
People are entitles to their own opinion regarding products. If they think it's shit, it's their opinion same how you're entitled to your own different opinion, no need to be Apple's unpaid white knight and froth at the mouth at everyone calling their stuff shit.