I remember reading somewhere, that the predominant car colours of a certain time are associated or correlated to the economic outlook of the day. Maybe that's what's at play here?
It's actually quite similar for most in the Philippines. Yeah, there are some smaller cliques or sub-groups where this is frowned upon, but it is mostly also a "badge of honour".
Kinda too late to think about "brand damage" since their parent company is already named "The Swatch Group", and this was actually already a talking point at the time the parent company was renamed: https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/swatch-name-nick-hayek
One does not choose web browsers on adblocking capabilities alone. Some may need Chromium features that FF do not have, so it’s nice to have options, even if one specific feature (i.e., adblock) is just 80-90% as good as the other.