Microsoft Edge is now the second most-used desktop browser

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Post by Garbage » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 1:31 PM UTC

Microsoft Edge is now the second most-used desktop browser
news.softpedia.com

Re: Microsoft Edge is now the second most-used desktop browser

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Post by Neil44 » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 1:51 PM UTC

It was bound to happen, since it's been the default on W10 for so long now.

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Post by lolc » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 1:54 PM UTC

> But all of these show that Microsoft Edge is now a fully-featured alternative to Google Chrome

Given that it uses Chrome's engine, Edge isn't an alternative to Chrome. It's just an alternative version of Chrome.

Sure, from a user perspective, it's an alternative. From a dev perspective, it adds to the dominance of Chrome.

Re: Microsoft Edge is now the second most-used desktop browser

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Post by prophesi » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 1:55 PM UTC

This doesn't seem to be the case? I visited NetMarketShare myself, and showed the market share stats for all browsers, excluding bots/spiders. It then shows Chrome > Safari > Firefox > IE11 > Edge.

Pardon the large, ugly URL, but this is the filter I used:

https://netmarketshare.com/?options=%7B%22filter%22%3A%7B%22...

Edit: I see now that softpedia is talking about desktop browsers only. Even then, Edge is in fourth place.

https://netmarketshare.com/?options=%7B%22filter%22%3A%7B%22...

Edit #2: forthefuture found the filter they're using, so you can disregard the above.

Re: Microsoft Edge is now the second most-used desktop browser

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Post by chrisseaton » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 1:55 PM UTC

I can't understand how Safari is on only 3.6%. Why aren't all those iPhone users pushing it up?

Re: Microsoft Edge is now the second most-used desktop browser

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 1:56 PM UTC

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Post by vijaybritto » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 1:58 PM UTC

Why is it so hard for a mammoth company like MS to maintain their own browser?! Is this because gaining market share with an alternate browser is simply impossible?

Re: Microsoft Edge is now the second most-used desktop browser

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Post by err4nt » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 1:58 PM UTC

This doesn't seem to reflect the stats I look at [1], which are

- 1/3 people people using Chrome

- 1/10 people using Safari

- 1/20 people using Firefox

- 1/50 people using Edge

- 1/50 people using IE

Firefox hasn't been #2 browser in a LOOOOOOOONG time

1: https://caniuse.com/usage-table

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 1:59 PM UTC

chrisseaton wrote: post #5

I can't understand how Safari is on only 3.6%. Why aren't all those iPhone users pushing it up?

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Post by taffer » Mon, Apr 06, 2020, 1:59 PM UTC

chrisseaton wrote: post #5

I can't understand how Safari is on only 3.6%. Why aren't all those iPhone users pushing it up?

The article is about desktop browsers.