I just want to add to this complaint. Now before you say anything, I know about installing software, opt-in extras and things like that. I've been setting up computers for years. I don't have a problem with Chrome as a browser, but my preferance is Firefox, which is the browser that is installed on my laptop.
The problem was for me, that Chrome was still installed when the "X" or cancel button was pressed. See, my brother uses my laptop from time to time, and he has been instructed to always click either cancel or exit out of the install process when some thing comes up. This way he leaves any of these updates for me to handle so that I can read the tick-boxes and see what goes on.
So lo-and-behold, this update appeared yesterday. He cancelled as he usually does, but it still installed Chrome. I uninstalled it. Same thing happened today. So I tested it by restarting and doing the process myself. I pressed the "X" and yep, Chrome installed. Yes, he had left the check-boxes ticked, but generally when you cancel some thing you don't need to untick stuff as you aren't actually installing anything.
THIS in my opinion is bad installation procedure. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has family members who have been instructed not to install stuff (and they actually do the right thing). If the X is pressed to cancel, then allow it to cancel the update procedure, don't continue on with the installation at all. If the update procedure can't be cancelled, then don't provide the option to do so ... and definately don't install a browser someone doesn't use if you think you are cancelling.
Yes, the tick-boxes were there ... which if I had seen the screen before him, then I would have un-ticked as I usually do. But to make Chrome install when someone thinks they are cancelling ... that is the problem IMO.
I'm just glad it only was Chrome which is I know is a reputable browser and easy to uninstall. If it were one of those god-awful browser toolbars, I might have been thinking of changing Virus protection software.