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Google isn’t just losing market share in A.I. 2023 was rough for Chrome too.

Both Apple & Microsoft gain market share in the browser industry, while Google’s Chrome falls behind as it lacks privacy & AI features—something that users today demand in their browsers.

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Uttam Dey and Amrita Roy
Dec 14, 2023
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It’s not just AI: Google is losing its game at Chrome too. According to data through November 2023 from Statcounter, Google is poised to lose 2% market share to Apple’s Safari and Microsoft’s Edge.

Microsoft isn’t the only culprit: We plotted a timeline of all the things Microsoft did to make Edge standout from Chrome and found out …

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Uttam is the quintessential data enthusiast with an eye for spotting trends at the intersection of technology & finance. He co-authors The Pragmatic Optimist newsletter
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