Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 2nd May 2006 19:33 UTC
Google has made informal complaints to competition authorities in Europe and the US about default settings in Microsoft's IE7. The latest Microsoft browser includes a small window so users can search without opening up a specific page. The default setting sends users to MSN for searches - just as equivalent features in Opera and Firefox send browsers to Google. A spokesman for the search giant told the New York Times it was concerned Microsoft was limiting choice. My take: ...
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2005-07-06
I don't. Why ask the users when it's just as easy to change it yourself (unlike IE6) and is probably less clicks overall. Both methods would probably be done the same way,s o what's the point? Just an extra step in the install for users when there isn't a need.
Legally, I think google has nothing.
Morally, nothing.
Technically, nothing.
Which of those do you agree with them on?