[AaronFriel]

As a counter-point, I've had to set up Chrome with ad blockers even for computer illiterate family members and friends because they eventually have it installed anyway. Why? Not because they knew they were installing it, but because every time you visit "google.com" in Edge, you get an intrusive message that says:

"Switch to Chrome Hide annoying ads and protect against malware on the web [No Thanks] [Yes]"

And that then appears on every single search. And if you click no thanks, it reappears.

And then when they go to youtube, they see this:

"Watch YouTube videos with Chrome Google recommends using Chrome, a fast and secure browser. Try it? [Yes] [No Thanks]"

Again, every page load. It's a dark pattern. What about Gmail?

"Google recommends using Chrome Try a fast, secure browser with updates built in [No Thanks] [Yes]"

EVERY PAGE LOAD.

[eridius]

To be honest, I think it's pretty bad that the company with the largest influence on the web is also the company that controls the largest web browser. Chrome should be moved to a different Alphabet company and Google forbidden from promoting it.

[aequitas]

It's not limited to Google Search/Youtube. A few years back Google had an incentive program that would reward 3rd party websites to put up a "This page is faster in Chrome" banner. Not a regular advertisement, a separate banner.

[berbec]

You'd think there'd be a super-slim version of uBlock that only blocked Google's nag messages to install chrome

[hannasanarion]

Doesn't it already? I've never noticed the nags when using Firefox

[executesorder66]

I use Firefox with the vanilla uBlockOrigin. I don't notice any google nagging except on the google translate page.

[gdfasfklshg4]

Start a list...

[holtalanm]

I don't use Chrome, and can honestly say I don't remember the last time I saw one of these messages.

Granted, the browser i use is Blink-based. Probably has something to do with it, but it is still _not Chrome_.

[culot]

Those messages don't appear for me in Firefox, but they do when using Edge. Clicking 'no thanks' sometimes dismisses them, however sometimes they come back at next load.