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everfree | 6 months ago

Chrome = Google.com

Edge = Microsoft.com

Safari = Apple.com

Seems like Firefox is now the outlier, not the other way around.

Now Firefox is the only browser with a home page domain the same as its common name.

(Note: I’m not saying that I think it’s a bad thing.)

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bobsoap|6 months ago

That may be, but mozilla.org isn't exactly a brand like google.com. Most people have never heard of it.

If you're trying to get non-technical people to try an underdog browser, simplicity helps. A single, straightforward brand name is better.

joshmanders|6 months ago

Literally everyone I know who isn't technical calls Firefox "mozilla". Including older people.

1718627440|6 months ago

It's in the window title in desktop shortcuts and gets appended to every tab in the task bar: -- Mozilla Firefox

Medea|6 months ago

chrome.com redirects to www.google.com/chrome/

No one has to download Edge or Safari.

tech234a|6 months ago

Technically Edge can also be installed on macOS/Linux/iOS/Android.

ascorbic|6 months ago

Ahem https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/mac

sebastiennight|6 months ago

No one wants ...

FTFY

jacobgkau|6 months ago

Opera had opera.com back when they were an actual browser (they still have it now, too). Vivaldi has vivaldi.com and Brave has brave.com.

ImJamal|6 months ago

Opera, Vivaldi and Brave are the names of the companies that own the browser though?

_Algernon_|6 months ago

chrome.com redirects to https://www.google.com/chrome/ for whatever it's worth.

katrinarrlyn|6 months ago

hahaha, indeed. but i always can't remember mozilla (i don't even know i spelled it right), the other is really to remember, and automatically you know google has a chrome browser, etc.