Kaj_Sotala comments on Turning the Technical Crank - Less Wrong
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Just a guess: having to install a special client? The browser is everywhere (it comes with the operating system), so you can use web pages on your own computer, at school, at work, at neighbor's computer, at web cafe, etc. If you have to install your own client, outside of your own computer, you are often not allowed to do it. Also, many people just don't know how to install programs.
And when most people use browsers, most debates will be there, so the rest will follow.
The e-mail client that came pre-installed with Windows 95 and several later Windowses also included newsgroup functionality.