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Re:Google’s Chrome Becomes Web ‘Gatekeeper’ and Rivals Complain by josteink on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @04:59AM (#20038078)
Yes I remember that too, worded with scummy, deceiving wording, like most other malware/spyware at the time.

Instead of “Virus detected! Click here for free scan” it was “Old browser detected. Click here to upgrade”.

It was literally 100% out of the malware deployment hand guide.

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Re:Google’s Chrome Becomes Web ‘Gatekeeper’ and Rivals Complain by mda on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @05:12AM (#20038141)
In this case Chrome was actually miles better and secure than those old browsers though. It wasn't deceiving, it was the truth.
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Re:Google’s Chrome Becomes Web ‘Gatekeeper’ and Rivals Complain by hdfbdtbcdg on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @05:37AM (#20038267)
Better than Chromium?
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Re:Google’s Chrome Becomes Web ‘Gatekeeper’ and Rivals Complain by icebraining on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @05:52AM (#20038339)
Did they show that message to Chromium users?
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