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Re:Justice Department, states likely to bring antitrust laws... by yjftsjthsd-h on Saturday May 16, 2020 @01:06AM (#23200639)
But, Android ships with chrome installed and set as the default browser, with Google as default search engine. And 99% of customers will never even think to touch those settings. You can't break into a market that most people don't ever realize exists.
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Re:Justice Department, states likely to bring antitrust laws... by izacus on Saturday May 16, 2020 @02:53AM (#23201067)
If that would be true, Chrome would never become popular either. It's not a default browser on Windows, macOS or Linux. And yet people installed it anyway to the point it became the most popular browser. So your point of 99% people not touching defaults is nonsense. Even on Android Chrome isn't the default browser - Samsung Browser is (with Samsung being by far the most popular OEM).

Android isn't iOS where you're not allowed to replace the browser at all.

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Re:Justice Department, states likely to bring antitrust laws... by throwawayy1001 on Saturday May 16, 2020 @09:05AM (#23203061)
Google used its other monopoly, in search to aggressively promote chrome.

“Upgrade to a safe browser”.

They always use their monopolies (video, search, maps) to venture into different markets.

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