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I don't think most people know the difference between Chrome or Firefox and if they can still use websites they use with that change, they just won't bother.

Even if you explain what is the difference, 99% they'll forget the next day.

It's just pointless. With this kind of overreach, only government intervention and regulation can help. Google is not something you can go against with your proverbial wallet - they are too big.

>>varisp+(OP)
As Gandhi said, "Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."

Historically, many people making "insignificant" actions over time is the primary way that things have been improved.

>>varisp+(OP)
Microsoft was the same, and still they were humbled into opening the space for others (with the browser-choosing screen at first boot). If people are noisy enough, lawmakers can be distracted from their payola.

>>toyg+Dd
That was in 2001. It wouldn't happen today - see Apple and their walled garden.

>>varisp+Dh
Antitrust authorities in both US and EU are literally fighting these monopolies right now, with huge fines and increasingly vicious inquiries. Don't be defeatist.

>>toyg+sp
These "fines" are just cost of doing business. It makes no difference.

We need deep changes in the regulation and breaking up of those companies that are "too big to fail" and have too much power.