Is Chrome the new IE? – Magic Lasso Adblock
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With a global browser market share of over 65%, Google’s Chrome has become the target of criticism and disdain, much like Microsoft’s Internet Explorer once was. Is Chrome facing similar challenges to Internet Explorer (IE) and will this lead to its downfall?

Bloated and complacent, Chrome might be on the path to playing the same role as IE was playing 15 years ago, shunned by developers and technologically inferior to other browsers.

  • Thoralf Will
    19•1 month ago

    Kinda fitting that Microsoft chose Chrome as the base for its Edge browser …

    • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬
      -12•1 month ago

      They chose Chromium. Which is the base for Chrome (and all other relevant browsers).

      • Libb
        11•1 month ago

        They chose Chromium. Which is the base for Chrome (and all other relevant browsers).

        I know we live in a time of why-give-a-fuck-about-facts, but I see two ‘relevant browsers’ in the top ranking that are not chromium-based:

        Chrome 66.68%
        Safari 18.07%
        Edge 5.25%
        Firefox 2.65%

        (https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share)

        • @[email protected]English
          3•1 month ago

          and out of those 4, 3 are based on a fork that came originally from khtml. so it’s really just firefox that matters in this race. well, until ladybird is ready.

          • OtterEnglish
            8•1 month ago

            https://ladybird.org/

            Well that’s cool

            Ladybird is a brand-new browser & web engine. Driven by a web standards first approach, Ladybird aims to render the modern web with good performance, stability and security.

            Singular focus

            We are focused on one thing: the web browser.

            No monetization

            No “default search deals”, crypto tokens, or other forms of user monetization, ever.

            Announcing the Ladybird Browser Initiative

            Launching our 501©(3) nonprofit.

            Looking forward to it, 2026 feels like a long ways away but I imagine there is lots to do before then

        • ShieldGengar
          -3•1 month ago

          Your source is missing a bunch of chromium-based browsers to add up to 100%, and there’s no methodology or statistics explanation.

          • Libb
            7•1 month ago

            Your source is missing a bunch of chromium-based browsers to add up to 100%, and there’s no methodology or statistics explanation.

            FFS… I listed the first four results of the first web search result I got. Also, may I remind you that me quoting only the four first results (unfiltered) of a longer list doesn’t change a thing on the ranking: on those 4 firsts (aka, the browsers occupying the 1st to the 4th places, aka the ones ranked before the 5th, 6th places and so on), two of them are not Chromium-based. That’s all I was saying.

            For the rest:

            1. Feel free to quote other sources, obviously. I would be happy to see other numbers with some more of that ‘methodology or statistics explanation’ you’re talking about.
            2. Have a nice day.
          • Libb
            8•1 month ago

            Is it that hard to read a four entries list without skipping half of them to try to prove your point?

            Safari and Firefox are not chromium-based.

            • @whatwhatwhatwhat
              1•29 days ago

              Well, technically, all 4 of them are web browsers. And since Chrome is a web browser, basically they’re all Chrome.

              (Massive /s)

  • Possibly linuxEnglish
    9•1 month ago

    Not to sound crazy but I have never heard of Magic lasso until today. Use Ublock origin on something Firefox based or go home.

    They do have a point though

  • @[email protected]English
    6•1 month ago

    This is hilariously silly from a developer perspective because Safari exists. Safari is literally the bane of my existence in WebDev because it’s usually the browser that does something weird and not according to standards (which is classically the IE problem). Apple WebKit has significantly deviated from KHTML/Blink in ways that are worse for developers. Chrome does inject defaults to standard interfaces to make websites “work better” where Firefox is much more strict about the standard.

    To pretend that Chromium/Blink/V8 is worse than Firefox or any other competitor is just burying your head in the sand. Blink and V8 are extremely highly optimized and standards driven, there’s a reason Node didn’t choose SpiderMonkey. Dev Tools have significant difference in speed and usability, and I’m a Firefox daily driver and use it for development.

    What Google is doing that’s ridiculous and stupid is using it’s weight to influence the design of Chromium such as the deprecation and removal of Manifest V2 to prevent adblockers under the guise of “safety” or whatever, as well as driving more telemetry and anti-features into the Chromium core product.

    Also of course “MagicLasso” doesn’t say Safari is the IE because it’s a adblocker for Safari. lol