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Yep. Google Chrome is not a web browser anymore. It is a portal to Google's services. If you want to use a web browser, then use Firefox.

Sharlin 8y ago
That’s pretty much the reason Google has a browser in the first place. Most normal users don’t really grok the difference between ”browser” and ”Google” anyway.
- gsich 8y ago
  >Most normal users don’t really grok the difference between ”browser” and ”Google” anyway. I doubt that. With the marketshare on Windows it is very likely, that people deliberateley install Chrome. So they know what a browser is, now that they have at least 2 installed.
  - glandium 8y ago
    Don't forget a lot of people got Chrome side loaded from installing something else (most likely Flash).
  - minimaul 8y ago
    Google push Chrome crazy hard whenever you touch a Google service, and they have a crazy bundling game in play - they bundle with flash, acrobat reader, some free A/V products - wherever they can get marketshare. Plus some pre-built PCs come with Chrome preloaded.
    - josteink 8y ago
      To expand on that, every single person I know who has actively tried to avoid Chrome, have all been fairly technical, but still somehow been lured into installing Chrome, at least once if not more.
enterx 8y ago
if you want to use a web browser - use Brave browser.
- aerique 8y ago
  Which uses Chromium under the hood adding to the Chrome render engine monoculture.
  - fixermark 8y ago
    That's not necessarily a bad thing. A render engine monoculture makes web dev easier---if I could have all the hours back I spent on taking perfectly working code on Safari and Chrome and making it work on Firefox, I'd take them in a heartbeat.
  - bscphil 8y ago
    Not to mention buying into their really gross ad-replacement scheme.
cicero 8y ago
If I remember correctly, that's what Google said when Chrome was introduced. Browsers at that time did not adequately support their services, so they made their own browser.

Sharlin 8y ago

That’s pretty much the reason Google has a browser in the first place. Most normal users don’t really grok the difference between ”browser” and ”Google” anyway.

gsich 8y ago
>Most normal users don’t really grok the difference between ”browser” and ”Google” anyway. I doubt that. With the marketshare on Windows it is very likely, that people deliberateley install Chrome. So they know what a browser is, now that they have at least 2 installed.
- glandium 8y ago
  Don't forget a lot of people got Chrome side loaded from installing something else (most likely Flash).
- minimaul 8y ago
  Google push Chrome crazy hard whenever you touch a Google service, and they have a crazy bundling game in play - they bundle with flash, acrobat reader, some free A/V products - wherever they can get marketshare. Plus some pre-built PCs come with Chrome preloaded.
  - josteink 8y ago
    To expand on that, every single person I know who has actively tried to avoid Chrome, have all been fairly technical, but still somehow been lured into installing Chrome, at least once if not more.

enterx 8y ago

if you want to use a web browser - use Brave browser.

aerique 8y ago
Which uses Chromium under the hood adding to the Chrome render engine monoculture.
- fixermark 8y ago
  That's not necessarily a bad thing. A render engine monoculture makes web dev easier---if I could have all the hours back I spent on taking perfectly working code on Safari and Chrome and making it work on Firefox, I'd take them in a heartbeat.
- bscphil 8y ago
  Not to mention buying into their really gross ad-replacement scheme.

cicero 8y ago

If I remember correctly, that's what Google said when Chrome was introduced. Browsers at that time did not adequately support their services, so they made their own browser.