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> Default search in Chrome?

It's not default in Chrome, it asks when you first use it what you wanna use as the default search. You have to opt in to google and bing is just one click away. Most still choose google anyway.

In contrast, to change bing from being default search, on the default browser, on the most used OS in the planet. You still have to go inside preferences and opt out, which takes several clicks. And then, Microsoft still tries to sneak bing to you if you install MSN (windows live or w/e it's called now), which will change your default search engine on FF and Chrome to Bing. Unless you opt out during instalation.

And still people choose google.



In Europe IE will also asks you to choose a default search engine on first start.


It will actually ask you to chose a browser before anything...


...and the order the browsers appear in the dialog is randomised.


For me (India) it actually had chosen Bing already, I was asked to confirm the choice and I could select others if I wanted to.




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