EU browser choice rules send millions more users Firefox's way

geox 52 points 10 comments May 13, 2026
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extraduder_ire

I wondwe how this compares to the increase in users from the "brower ballot" screen that microsoft added to windows years ago.

HelloUsername

Source: https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2026/05/11/six-million-se...

yoavm

People often think that Firefox is losing because it doesn't do this one thing they want it to do, and if only Mozilla listened to them they'd see Firefox skyrocketing. Seems like the truth is that Firefox is losing because users don't have a choice.

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