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Remembering also when Google Chrome was aggressively bundled with toolbars, antiviruses and various "speed boosters".

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• kccqzy 4y ago
  Google only recently decided to retire the "cleanup tool" that was bundled with Chrome. Back when it was clear that Google wanted users not to suffer from malware but they didn't want to draw the attention or ire of established antivirus companies. https://security.googleblog.com/2023/03/thank-you-and-goodbye-to-chrome-cleanup.html https://security.googleblog.com/2023/03/thank-you-and-goodby...
  • rvnx 4y ago
    The clean-up tool was most of all a tool that had a "side-consequence" of uninstalling softwares which were pushing Bing or Yahoo.
• cpeterso 4y ago
  Chrome used to be bundled with Adobe's Flash Player installer. Chrome bundled the Flash Player, so the only people downloading Adobe's Flash Player installer would be Firefox users. So excellent user targeting on Google's behalf. But those Firefox users didn't want Chrome; they wanted the Flash Player for their Firefox.
• crazygringo 4y ago
  What toolbars or speed boosters are you talking about? I don't remember any of that and Chrome doesn't even support toolbars. Or am I misunderstanding something? Chrome on Windows had a malware checker built in. Which you can debate whether that belongs, but that's not really bundling, just a feature. Which arguably helps protect browser security.
  • paradox460 4y ago
    Other way around. Chrome was an add in to a lot of installers
    • crazygringo 4y ago
      Ohhhh right. I'd forgotten about that, that was definitely a thing.