The VLC authors also report that Google tried to pay them quite huge amounts to include Chrome as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWx1P93nS0c&t=48s

With Google’s recent actions, this makes Chrome literally into malware that your system’s AV should automatically detect and remove. If a significant amount of users gets the software without intending to, the install was malicious, and should be removed.