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Just installed GoogleChrome on a Mac, suddenly 4 other Google apps are installed

3 points by dakini99 ↗ HN
I just installed Google Chrome on my Mac and suddenly Google Drive, YouTube, Gmail, and Google Search apps are installed automatically it seems..

Can Google actually do that? Install a ton of unrelated apps without my permission? Or maybe, such a clause is now being snuck into the ToS?

UPDATE: Even worse, as I just discovered, they can't be deleted from the Launchpad! Neither do they show up in the Applications directory! WTF! How do I get rid of the damned things??

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k8tte
I suppose you mean the "Chrome Apps". they are just shortcuts to the web version of these tools, not the actual tools.
dakini99
You're right. They are indeed web shortcuts.

But that doesn't change the fact that they show up as apps in the Launchpad.

Even worse, as I just discovered, they can't be deleted from the Launchpad! Neither do they show up in the Applications directory! WTF!

scholia
Reminds me of the time I was silly enough to install iTunes on a Windows PC ;-)
scholia
Thanks for the downvote, whoever you are. Visiting from Reddit? ;-)
dakini99
I actually upvoted, for sharing your experience..

Not "from" Reddit, no; but I'm usually a silent participant here..

scholia
Funny old world....

I can't be the only person who looked at his processes and wondered what Bonjour was and where qttask.exe came from.

dakini99
Or the fact that the cookies folder in Windows 7+ comes under "protected OS files". It basically has dozens of textfiles from all the ad/tracking companies..

The Cookies folder in C:\Users\username\AppData\Local(or Roaming)\Microsoft\Windows doesn't show when you enable show hidden files but shows when you enter the full path or enable showing protected files.