> Clearly, Google believes defaults matter to their dominance in search. Yes, I agree. But we are talking about the impact of Google no longer distributing Ch

> Clearly, Google believes defaults matter to their dominance in search. Yes, I agree. But we are talking about the impact of Google no longer distributing Chrome on people (or organisations) who go to the trouble of manually installing Chrome themselves. If they are willing to manually install something there are no end of ways for Google to ensure a browser, or the new Chrome will use Google's preferred defaults. To put it another way, I disliked how Google drove Firefox down to it's current level or usage. It was with numerous subtle nags and breakages. They've always insisted it wasn't deliberate, and that remains plausible. If they are forced to sell Chrome, they could push their preferred extension the same way. (It would be ironic this causes them some regret in introducing Manifest V3.)