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Kylekramer on Dec 25, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Chrome Engineer: Firefox Is A Partner, Not A Compe...

Google isn't even Chrome's default browser, technically. They had a ballot selection box on the first use for awhile.

bzbarsky on Dec 25, 2011 [–]

Interesting. That wasn't there last I checked!

But the point remains: they send what you type in the url bar to your default search engine. This is not behavior many users are OK with once they realize it's happening.

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