@eevee Back when Chrome was first introduced, it absolutely blew everything else out of the water (Firefox included) in terms of performance and general usability.
That momentum seems to have stuck, no doubt through constant marketing and integration campaigns, like the search engine bothering you to install Chrome or Android being built entirely around it.
@joepie91 that seems to be common perception but it was never my experience. maybe chrome 1.0 was just better at handling an adblock-less web than firefox 3.5