That's also what bars have to compete with, other forms of entertainment. I found that gen z, and quite frankly everyone else is glued to these phones even in social situations. I found it strange going to house parties or any other kinds of social events people are looking down at their phones all the time. I'm also a smart phone addict too, so.
I have noticed that other gen-z drink less, and weed seems to be the more popular thing among other observations. Maybe Gen-Z is less social and less willing to go outside and talk as well as there are more things bars have to compete with, but more than anything I feel largest factor is that the costs of living are squeezing the youth and this is an example of its effects.
Honestly, yes you guys should move to Firefox. I pretty much stayed on Chrome until chromium Edge was a thing. I tried that and ended up using that until they bloated it to hell and back, so I am back to using Firefox. Honestly just use anything but Chrome.
Me personally, though gaming being a large and lucrative industry this kind of move feels like just something that they thought they can do to expand their services rather than trying to actually offer something compelling with understanding the challenges of it all
Also, for me, it's the fact I do not feel my data and privacy are being siphoned, sold, and fingerprinted on this platform. Another factor is that I feel the people and interactions are pure and authentic, rather than astroturfed and ambiguous. That may change as the fedicerse grows, but for now it is bringing me back of the older days of the internet.
Exactly, the reality is when I open Twitter I see content that is at least relevant to my interests, where as the sorting on Mastodon are of things that are of absolutely no interest. There's a lot that you can say about algorithms, but there's a reason it was the way it was in the first place.