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Microsoft hijacks Google's Chrome download page

         

tangor

10:06 am on Feb 24, 2023 (gmt 0)

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Microsoft Edge has been spotted inserting a banner into the Chrome download page on Google.com begging people to stick with the Windows giant's browser.

As noted this week by Neowin, an attempt to download and install Chrome Canary using Edge Canary – both experimental browser builds – led to the presentation in the Edge browser window of a banner graphic celebrating the merits of Edge.

[theregister.com...]

Not quite as nefarious as the subject line reads. The download request are generated from MS Edge browsers, so call this a last ditch sales tactic.

Would you do something like this?

graeme_p

5:58 pm on Feb 24, 2023 (gmt 0)

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Not as nefarious, still nefarious.

This is why I use pure open source browsers.

Sgt_Kickaxe

6:08 pm on Feb 24, 2023 (gmt 0)



If it's owned by, or associated with, big tech companies that do other things online like sell phones or provide website rankings... no bueno.

This kind of thing is why.

lucy24

8:01 pm on Feb 24, 2023 (gmt 0)

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Heck, why stop there? Intercept any request for google dot com and suggest you'd get better results at bing dot com.

Sgt_Kickaxe

1:45 am on Feb 25, 2023 (gmt 0)



Begs the question - what else have they changed?