Damn, it still surprises me that Google search pre installed, is not just a normal thing. As in it is pre install because Google pays for it, not because vendors thinks it’s the better search. Seeems more obvious when written out like this

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makeitdouble 3 days ago | parent [-]

People had the same reaction back in the days when Microsoft was actively paying and bullying PC makers to preinstall Windows.

	▲	asadotzler 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		And they got skewered when they began using those contracts to explicitly exclude Netscape from those PCs. It's one thing to pay for distribution, it's another to use your Windows monopoly to bully OEMs into not distributing your competition.