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[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Because it doesn't make sense for all Firefox marketing material to be how shit chrome is. Save that bullshit for American president elections

[–] banazir@lemmy.ml 44 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

It will be exciting to see Kamala and Trump debate whether Gecko or Blink should be the industry leader.

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Kinda off topic, but I find it weird that Kamala is usually referred by first name, and trump by surname.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 weeks ago

It's a "brand recognition" kind of thing.

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 8 points 3 weeks ago

I think it's because that's the more distinctive part of her name. "President Harris" sounds kind of generic, like the fictional president from an action movie.

It may start to constitute a pattern that the same was true of Hillary Clinton, though in that case it was likely that just saying "Clinton" might cause confusion with Bill.

Also Bernie Sanders is mostly referred to by his first name, so…

[–] scorp@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

Trump™ Kamala™

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

They should get married. Then it would be Kamala Trump

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

Would it... though?

[–] kbal@fedia.io 5 points 3 weeks ago

Harris can't deny the popularity of Blink. Trump is a die-hard EdgeHTML advocate.

[–] Trilobite@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not saying anything bad about chrome is probably in the contract they have with Google which is most of their income

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah I doubt, it would be a huge lawsuit if google was found to pay competitors for staying quiet about their flaws

[–] Trilobite@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

Sure they could sue but that's a lose lose situation even if they won Google would not give them money anymore and they need that to stay in Business

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

Hold up

American presidents are hating on Chrome? What did I miss?