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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Ah, that makes sense

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How are those old chrome and safari versions still so prevailing? And what's up with Samsung Internet, is it not a chromium based browser?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How are those old chrome and safari versions still so prevailing?

People who kids/grandkids setup their computers possibly?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But don't those updates just happen automatically these days?

[–] smooth_tea 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Probably stuck on an older os which doesn't support the newest browser updates.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Or they hate updates for some fake reason like “they want to control me”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Yes, but so many?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Doesn't stop your manager from requiring support for the other 4%.

[–] agelord 8 points 1 month ago

Most websites these days refuse to support even Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

~~Yeah, pretty much as Flex at 97% which is a nice comparison.~~

Edit: See mattd’s comment