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Raised as a usability problem by 12 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2010–2023), in 12 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Installer pushes an unwanted browser offer that must be dismissedUnreviewed
20102026- Clicking Continue silently installs Chrome as default browser, confusing users2017-07-19
- Installs unwanted browsers, toolbars and extensions without clear consent2017-01-26
- Installer pushes an unwanted Google browser offer the user must dismiss2010-04-21
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 16 complaints
- Moving the pointer off the page triggers a Norton deal pop-up2023-07-15
- Installer tricks users into installing Google Chrome via dark patterns2023-07-15
- Remote device-finding features never worked when the user needed them2023-06-08
- Repeated pop-ups pushing users to buy until they give in2021-08-27
- Injects an unsigned libwebp into builds, breaking them and blocking Vagrant2020-01-28
- Gets alarms on another laptop with no clear explanation of their cause2020-01-27
- Updates sneak Chrome onto the computer through dark-pattern prompts2020-01-27
- Users miss a hidden option to disable data collection and must opt out2019-05-29
- Extra software is slipped in as a small hidden option on an unrelated window2017-09-18
- Update screen hides that it installs Chrome as default browser2017-07-20
- Clicking Continue silently installs Chrome as default browser, confusing users2017-07-19
- Installs unwanted browsers, toolbars and extensions without clear consent2017-01-26
- Antivirus software throws popups that users must click through repeatedly to stop nagging2016-02-08
- Keeps popping up the same Facebook privacy link repeatedly despite being declined2013-11-17
- Installer pushes an unwanted Google browser offer the user must dismiss2010-04-21
- Can't figure out how to stop daily full scan locking up the machine2010-01-05