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- require the most important software (e.g. web browsers) to be installed by default when installing an operating system

How is chromebook going to exist without a chrome browser? Sometimes I wonder if the people making the laws have any knowledge of the technology landscape?

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Why is a Chrome browser specifically required?

Let's have a popup that asks which browser you want to use. I am certain that Google is more than capable to create websites that work with any browser.

I am sure the ChromeOS user interface is the Chrome browser and the integration is at a much deeper level than just a pretty window or pop up. Integrating all other browsers at that level to the ChromeOS will be either extremely difficult or impossible IMHO.

If push comes to shove, I imagine Google will just not sell chromebooks in the EU.

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