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If the finding is simply that Google needs to offer a ballot screen on Chrome after you install it, to choose the default search engine, that could perhaps be appropriate.

Claiming that people can't understand the difference between a web browser and a search engine therefore Google has a monopoly? That's a farce. First, how did they get Chrome installed anyway if they are that dim?



Well the typical pattern I encounter is this: John Doe get a problem with its PC, actually most of the time problems with malware on windows. He will reach out to a friend that "knows" about computer. This friend will do some kind of cleaning, if IE does not work anymore because of too many malware installed will get firefox or chrome to get around the problem and have internet working again. At that point John Doe get a link to Chrome on its desktop (sometimes called 'Internet') and this become its new entry to Internet. The only difference is now for every query John Doe is doing it is written Google instead of Bing at the top of the screen. Then sometimes later John Doe got another malware that has the default search engine for chrome to be replaced by another one with an affiliate ID or whatever and John Doe barely notice about it.

I know we are on HN here and this may sound crazy for most of you guys if you don't get the opportunity to witness this behaviour but that's what I witness every time I meet people older than 40 that are not in my web people circle.




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