I’m installing Chrome on my new computer, and noticed they asked you what search engine you’d like to use. I would have thought they’d have Google Search as their default, but they offer Yahoo and Bing.
I wonder what their intention is…
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Since they're pushing Chrome OS, it's probably to avoid the monopolistic accusations that Microsoft endured by having IE integrated so tightly into the OS.
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maybe theyre trying to stroke their ego too cuz then the users who choose to have data sent back will produce a positive-looking pie chart for investors cuz Google probably still holds the majority share out of the 3 major search engines
@wings, it's hard to say. Google is known to be data-driven. By creating this screen, I bet they're decreasing user installs… I'm assuming they've tested this screen and determined the lifetime value of a Chrome user. Stroking their own ego would be out of character.
@drew, yah that sounds more likely. it's fascinating how they're treating Chrome more like an OS versus a browser. i wonder if the end result will be as agnostic.