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And you want g..gle to be dominant player everywhere?

• nextparadigms 15y ago
  Maybe he does, maybe he doesn't, but that's irrelevant. What's relevant is that Google wants to gain more market share there and you can't blame them for not promoting their competitors. It's like asking Apple to offer a choice of browsers in Mac OS, because Microsoft also does it (at least in Europe after EU forced them to do it).
  • hullo 15y ago
    Nobody has said Google had to do it. They just.. did. Until.. they didn't. The OP is questioning the hypocrisy, which is of course a common meme. Google wants to have it both ways. I'd wager having drawn attention that this particular decision will ultimately be reversed, as it can't possibly be as valuable as our collection assumption of google's will and benevolence.
  • omgtehlion 15y ago
    Maybe better choice would be removing this dialog in Chrome, not Chromium?
    • ash 15y ago
      Maybe, but then we wouldn't know about the details, right? :)
  • ellyagg 15y ago
    And that's fine. And Google's reputation for the morality of its decisions should be equivalent to Apple's in that case, as well. But it's not, and that's the reason to point out issues like these, to puncture the undeserved "goodness" reputation that Google cultivates, but is at odds with reality. When Google offers users a choice, it appears that they're being fair, but Google offers that choice because they know that they won't lose market share. If they did start losing market share, the "choice" would be gone. That's not a choice, that's a calculated decision to foster the "goodness" reputation.