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Re:Google backtracks on Chrome modifications that would have... by chillydawg on Sunday February 17, 2019 @07:25AM (#19184124)
That was the original reason, yes. Now Chrome is installed by default on tons of new laptops etc because Google makes so much money by tracking users via Chrome that they can pay serious $$ to manufacturers to tweak their base build.
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Re:Google backtracks on Chrome modifications that would have... by ardy42 on Sunday February 17, 2019 @12:06PM (#19185434)
>> Someone pointed out that every Chrome user got that way because a techie got them off Internet Explorer... and those same people can just as easily get them onto Firefox.

> That was the original reason, yes. Now Chrome is installed by default on tons of new laptops etc

So Chrome is the new IE now, and the GP comment stands.

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