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Damn, it still surprises me that Google search pre installed, is not just a normal thing. As in it is pre install because Google pays for it, not because vendor
by qwertytyyuu 1y ago
Damn, it still surprises me that Google search pre installed, is not just a normal thing. As in it is pre install because Google pays for it, not because vendors thinks it’s the better search.
Seeems more obvious when written out like this
- makeitdouble 1y agoPeople had the same reaction back in the days when Microsoft was actively paying and bullying PC makers to preinstall Windows.
- asadotzler 1y agoAnd they got skewered when they began using those contracts to explicitly exclude Netscape from those PCs. It's one thing to pay for distribution, it's another to use your Windows monopoly to bully OEMs into not distributing your competition.