Fix the EU Browser Ballot Page by Removing Non-Windows OS Apple Safari Market Share!
The EU browser ballot screen's purpose is to level the playing field for browsers in the Windows operating system pc market. But the EC is counting Apple Safari users on Apple operating systems to determine position and placement on the Windows browser ballot screen.
This is hurting smaller, Windows-focused browser companies in the EU market.
Of the three tracking tools used by the EC uses to assess market share only one - NetMarketShare - differentiates between Apple Safari usage on Windows or Apple OS. NetMarketShare consistently puts Maxthon ahead of Apple on Windows, and has for a while.
The EC has ended up creating unfair advantage in a tool deliberately designed to reduce unfair advantage. This needs to change!
Remove Apple OS users from the browser ballot calculations!
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Reached 2,500 supporters
April 8, 2011
Reached 1,000 supporters
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Reached 100 supporters
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March 28, 2011
I am preparing a formal brief for European Commission regulators once we cross the 1,000 signature threshold. Please circulate this link to industry contacts to ensure we reach that required impact metric by the end of the current review cycle.
6 Comments
Been using Maxthon for years and this just shows how rigged the system is for the giants.
this makes no sense. why would mac stats matter for a windows screen? fix it already.
get it right. accurate stats are the minimum we should expect.
Totally unfair to the smaller guys. If it's a windows list it should only count windows users. Simple logic.
RIDICULOUS. Safari barely even exists on windows anymore. stop padding their numbers.
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Fix the EU Browser Ballot Page by Removing Non-Windows OS Apple Safari Market Share!
The EU browser ballot screen's purpose is to level the playing field for browsers in the Windows operating system pc market. But the EC is counting Apple Safari users on Apple operating systems to determine position and placement on the Windows browser ballot screen.
This is hurting smaller, Windows-focused browser companies in the EU market.
Of the three tracking tools used by the EC uses to assess market share only one - NetMarketShare - differentiates between Apple Safari usage on Windows or Apple OS. NetMarketShare consistently puts Maxthon ahead of Apple on Windows, and has for a while.
The EC has ended up creating unfair advantage in a tool deliberately designed to reduce unfair advantage. This needs to change!
Remove Apple OS users from the browser ballot calculations!
Updates
Reached 2,500 supporters
April 8, 2011
Reached 1,000 supporters
March 31, 2011
Reached 100 supporters
March 31, 2011
March 28, 2011
I am preparing a formal brief for European Commission regulators once we cross the 1,000 signature threshold. Please circulate this link to industry contacts to ensure we reach that required impact metric by the end of the current review cycle.
6 Comments
so tired of big companies manipulating these numbers. let's get some honesty in the browser market.
Been using Maxthon for years and this just shows how rigged the system is for the giants.
this makes no sense. why would mac stats matter for a windows screen? fix it already.
get it right. accurate stats are the minimum we should expect.
Totally unfair to the smaller guys. If it's a windows list it should only count windows users. Simple logic.
RIDICULOUS. Safari barely even exists on windows anymore. stop padding their numbers.
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so tired of big companies manipulating these numbers. let's get some honesty in the browser market.