Google Earth – a Monopoly Play?
Today, I installed Google Earth on my computer. This is a task that I go through every now and then. Its a really cool application but is all to infamous for crashing any and all of the computers in our house hold (all relatively new computers, the oldest being 2 years old, the newest 3 months).
This time I noticed that without even giving me an opt out, Google also installed the Google Chrome browser on my machine. :(
It instantly reminded me of the problems with Microsoft Windows 95/89 and auto installing Internet Explorer, plus making it very difficult to later remove it. Now, Google has a US Monopoly on Search, and they are trying to capture something similar world wide. I often find myself amazed every time they make a move that helps to demonstrate that they are not only a monopoly, but a monopoly that is abusing its power.
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