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[–] redditReallySucks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

The axis is somewhat misleading. A jump from 8k to 11k installs is nothing.

Edit: just saw from the comments this is the number of installs per day so its bigger than I thought

[–] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

A jump from 8k to 11k installs is nothing.

It's about a third. Imagine if your income went up by 30% in 24 hours, I reckon you'd be pretty happy about that.

Also - it tends to take months for a new version of iOS to reach a large number of users, and years to reach everyone. So a rapid growth rate (probably not 30%, but still fast) is likely to be sustained over quite a while.

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[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I dont know wtf this is about; I have NEVER had a problem switching default browsers in ANY environment.

[–] Apthianos@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

After you install the 17.4 update or when setting up the phone it'll ask what browser you want as your deafult. Before this and still in other countries you have to manually search and download a browser and set it as the default.

[–] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I was a bit confused too. So all that's changed is a specific splash screen during new phone setup prompting the user to pick a default browser?

[–] hswolf@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (8 children)

yes, because the average user doesn't even know there are different browsers, and that they can change the default one, which is great to "vendor lock" your own browser, in this case Safari from iOS

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[–] farsinuce@feddit.dk 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

To whoever mentioned Librewolf previously as a better alternative to FireFox: Thank you.

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[–] poopkins@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

3,000 people clicked a button out of curiosity or by mistake. If this is statistically relevant for their install base, there really is nobody using Brave. I have as many users randomly come and go into my game on a daily basis.

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[–] d7eeem@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (8 children)

But still isn’t it a safari reskin!!

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[–] turkishdelight@lemmy.ml 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't use Brave due to lack of uBlock Origin support. Otherwise it seems like a decent browser.

[–] SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 8 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Thing is, on iOS, at least in the past, Firefox had no uBlock origin support, which pushed Brave's adblocking capability to the #1 spot.

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[–] lanolinoil@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Hurry USA! Better find some smallish company to sue for anti trust instead of working on any real issues like this

[–] moon@lemmy.cafe 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Honestly I'd expect a much bigger jump

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