How did Internet Explorer go out of fashion?

On 15th June 2022, American internet giant Microsoft cut off Internet Explorer, its long standing web browser. At the end of the 1990s and through to the 2000s, it set the standard when it came to browsers. In 2004 it had a usage share of as high as 95%, a figure which was under 1% by the time it closed, according to Irish traffic analysis website StatCounter.

How did its decline come around? Why did people start using other browsers? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions !

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