Well, at least they kind try to fix it, or, make it appear like so.
But yeah, it's like praising someone saying "ok, ill stop murdering people now", on a much lower level of course. (specially after being slapped on the wrist)
Google didn't say, "We will stop manipulating search results."
Instead, they said, "We were manipulating search results, and therefore we are so sorry, we are going to manipulate search results."
Promoting Chrome through the manipulation of search results was not the root problem. It was merely a symptom. Manipulating page rank for their own benefit is the problem, and that is their proposed solution.
It came only after the manipulation came to light and does not appear to be part of a larger project to end all manipulation for their benefit.
But yeah, it's like praising someone saying "ok, ill stop murdering people now", on a much lower level of course. (specially after being slapped on the wrist)