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4 Replies Last post: Nov 25, 2008 7:27 AM by lionroar

PCWorld

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Nov 21, 2008 2:31 PM

Google Considers Preinstalling Chrome On New PCs

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mrwarrenzhang

44 posts since
Jan 30, 2008

1. Nov 22, 2008 10:26 PM

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Re: Google Considers Preinstalling Chrome On New PCs

Personally, I don't like the idea of a web browser that automatically records what I do and sends it to Google (I don't trust them at all). While Google may have the best search engine (though I never need to use it), it's definitely one of the worst consumer-protecting companies, ever.

I love Firefox, and I'm waiting for the day the new TraceMonkey feature comes out.

Mikebanks

12 posts since
Nov 15, 2008

2. Nov 23, 2008 11:03 AM

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Re: Google Considers Preinstalling Chrome On New PCs

If accomplished, putting Chrome on new PCs will provide millions of human-hours' worth of entertainment as people praise, protest, welcome, denigrate, curse, malign, celebrate, and wonder in blogs and forums throughout the online world. There may even be poems.

And that's before the arguments and flames begin ...

--Mike On the Way to the Web

number6

2,240 posts since
Mar 28, 2008

3. Nov 23, 2008 12:26 PM

in response to: mrwarrenzhang

Re: Google Considers Preinstalling Chrome On New PCs

mrwarrenzhang,

I don't like Google's privacy protection either. I'd never use any device of Google's unless I were willing that every one in the world should see what I'm doing. That's why I use CustomizeGoogle, a Firefox addon which disables the Google cookie, keeps anything from getting sent to Google analytics, and disables Google advertisements. If it weren't for this addon I wouldn't use the Google search engine at all.