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by res0nat0r 4296 days ago
So google became popular because people have found them to be the most useful. Anyone can switch to a different search engine with a few keystrokes. They haven't forced themselves to become the default browser on anything, nor any quid pro quo I believe.

Yet another comment that seems to hate google since now they are the big guy, and we hate the big guy, since we on HN are the broke little guys. Until of course we become the big guy and IPO.
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wfjackson 4296 days ago
> They haven't forced themselves to become the default browser on anything, nor any quid pro quo I believe.

Wrong.

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/02/12/documents-shed-light-...

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res0nat0r 4295 days ago
What is wrong with making google apps get top billing on an an ecosystem provided by them? This is like having your number one sponsor logo front and center of your top donors page. Seems fine to me.
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