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> They use their other assets (search, youtube, android, docs..) to make chrome "default" option. Don't forget their annoying bundling with freeware...
by Krasnol 7y ago
> They use their other assets (search, youtube, android, docs..) to make chrome "default" option.
Don't forget their annoying bundling with freeware...
- chii 7y agoThat's merely advertising. Google did not force chrome into any platform except android (which only happened after Chrome's dominance). Mozilla could've paid for more advertising (e.g, partner up with Yahoo or some other big web property). But even with a push like that, FF won't have won because it didn't the high performance that drove Chrome's retention rate.
- Dylan16807 7y agoTricking people into trojan-installing it shouldn't count as 'merely advertising'.
- Krasnol 7y agoCalling it "advertising" is a understatement here. You don't end up with the product just by consuming an ad. My parents never wanted to install Chrome. They still ended up have it. It came with an update and they didn't uncheck a checkbox. All their friends use Chrome also because of this despicable trick. When this wave of bundled malware behavior by Google started and I had to uninstall it all over the people and family where I installed Firefox before, I stopped using it as a second browser too. I whish someone would finally sue them for this. At least to give it the attention it should have.
- chii 7y ago> It came with an update and they didn't uncheck a checkbox what update? Windows update? Or did they download some software, and the installer came with chrome as well?
- Krasnol 7y agoWindows Update would have been the peak of madness... No it was some other software where it came with the installer. I assume it was Avast as I've seen it in an update already on a different computer.
- sstangl 7y agoIn the beginning, Chrome was bundled with Flash, and Flash was ubiquitous. When you installed or upgraded Flash, unless you checked a checkbox, Chrome would be installed.