Google's EULA for chrome says the internet belongs to them. Will you uninstall?

[Tyrotoxism]

Well, I won't be uninstalling, but I'm going to be careful about what I post. If it's just forum posts, oh well, I don't care, but if I'm ever uploading anything I'm using Fx.

[ST-Mike]

The EULA is standard across all/most of Google services/websites.

Really bothered? Download Chrome source, build it yourself - no EULA whatsoever, it's open source! It's a brilliant browser, don't be put off by this.

[Ho0ber]

There's a discussion about this here, too. The general consensus is that this is a protective action on the part of Google, not an actual viable claim over our content.

[sanga282]

they can have mine lol most of it is weird useless crap anyway. besides when they get like 1m downloads they will never keep track of all the content so...

[oldskool]

what differences does it make anyway - google index everything - they track everything - the already know exactly what your doing.

[thejuz]

Google has updated the ToS and it now states

11. Content license from you

11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services.

12. Software updates ...

The questionable language has been removed entirely. I didn't think it was necessary for Google to step that far back, but it's definitely more in line with the mantra of "Do No Evil." Based on these changes, I can legitimately say that I recommend the download and use of Chrome.

[Pronation]

I thought they fixed all this?

[thejuz]

Here's an official response from Rebecca Ward, Senior Product Counsel for Google Chrome:

"In order to keep things simple for our users, we try to use the same set of legal terms (our Universal Terms of Service) for many of our products. Sometimes, as in the case of Google Chrome, this means that the legal terms for a specific product may include terms that don't apply well to the use of that product. We are working quickly to remove language from Section 11 of the current Google Chrome terms of service. This change will apply retroactively to all users who have downloaded Google Chrome."