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Not just advertising: Mozilla could not have put a “better in Firefox” button on Gmail or YouTube at any price, or forced Google to follow through on their prom
by acdha 2y ago
Not just advertising: Mozilla could not have put a “better in Firefox” button on Gmail or YouTube at any price, or forced Google to follow through on their promise around H.264, etc.
- magicalist 2y ago> Mozilla could not have put a “better in Firefox” button on Gmail or YouTube at any price Microsoft is literally doing this, and yet... https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/12/microsoft-edge-will-now-warn-users-about-the-dangers-of-downloading-google-chrome/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/12/microsoft-edge-will-...
- FMecha 2y agoGoogle also tried to push PC OEMs to pre-install Chrome on their new PCs when Chrome was new.[1] Sony/VAIO is the only manufacturer to have known to take the bait.[2] [1] https://www.crn.com.au/news/google-may-pre-install-chrome-browser-129072 https://www.crn.com.au/news/google-may-pre-install-chrome-br... [2] https://thenextweb.com/news/sony-computers-google-chrome-browser-preinstalled https://thenextweb.com/news/sony-computers-google-chrome-bro...
- Izkata 2y agoI vaguely remember it also getting packaged in with installers for unrelated software on Windows.