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The other aspect, somewhat memory-holed, was that Chrome was automatically installed as shovelware if you went to install Adobe Flash for IE or Firefox:

https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/23jnmy/why_is_chrom...

This kind of not-freely-given consent was key to Chrome's growth.


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badwolf10/11/2024

Chrome was bundled with so many installers. Google probably spent billions shoving Chrome into any machine they could.

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