Looking to choose a new browser? These secret factors may influence you more than you think

Date:
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:12:29 +0000

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Upcoming EU regulations will require a browser choice screen - and Mozilla thinks it can help you make the right pick.

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Mozilla, the company responsible for the popular Firefox browser, has weighed in on how it thinks browser choice screens can impact which browser we choose ahead of upcoming EU DMA requirements.

The research comes from 12,000 participants across Europe and claims to be
one of the earliest large-scale studies designed to understand how consumers are impacted by browser choice screens.

According to the analysts, deploying the right type of browser screen encourages competition and puts the power in the consumers hand once more. Mozilla paves the way for browser choice research

The EUs Digital Markets Act will require browser choice screens from 2024,
but despite the looming deadline, Mozilla says that there has been limited focus on the effectiveness of browser competition remedies so far.

In light of the EUs decision to more actively promote competition, its 2022 Five Walled Gardens report uncovers how developers can shift the power back into consumers hands.

Among its key findings is that consumers prefer to have a choice of browsers during device setup rather than at a later stage, likely because they are already prepared for having to make numerous other decisions at this stage. Mozilla noted that an earlier opportunity would be less likely to interrupt workflow.

The report also highlights that smaller factors, like browser choice screen design and the order that browsers appear in, have a substantial impact on a users decision.

Even so, Chrome s existing dominance looks unlikely to be challenged anytime soon. Of the four test groups observed by Mozilla, between five and six users in 10 chose Googles browser, which marries up with current Statcounter
figures giving Chrome a 64% market share.

Mozilla says that its engaging with interested regulators, firms, academics, civil society and consumer organisations to discuss the results of [its] experiment, the implications for browser choice screens and the broader learnings, in the hope that it can help the EU to better encourage consumer choice. More from TechRadar Proo Huge security breach affects Chrome,
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