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		sunshowers 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: "Begin disabling installed extensions still using ... The other aspect, somewhat memory-holed, was that Chrome was automatically installed as shovelware if you went to install Adobe Flash for IE or Firefox: https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/23jnmy/why_is_chrom... This kind of not-freely-given consent was key to Chrome's growth.

badwolf 10 months ago [–]

Chrome was bundled with so many installers. Google probably spent billions shoving Chrome into any machine they could.

hyperdimension 10 months ago | [–]

Tellingly, that very bundling is how Sundar got into the spotlight at Google.

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