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Re:Why Bother with uBlock Being Blocked in Chrome? Time to S... by cesarb on Monday November 27, 2023 @08:02AM (#38431801)
You forgot one: IIRC, Chrome came bundled with some popular Windows applications.

> there were a couple of years where you were simply bombarded with ads about a better browser

Let's not forget the whole context: Chrome's main opponent back then was not Firefox, but Internet Explorer. And it did help reduce Internet Explorer's usage share, so much that it was abandoned (again) by its developers.

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Re:Why Bother with uBlock Being Blocked in Chrome? Time to S... by tentacleuno on Monday November 27, 2023 @11:43AM (#38434506)
> You forgot one: IIRC, Chrome came bundled with some popular Windows applications.

CCleaner is a good example of this.

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