A spokesperson for Google has claimed that the text was inserted there due to a mistake. The spokesperson said that, in order to keep the license agreements simple for users, they regularly copy license agreements between different pieces of software. "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," said the spokesperson, when describing the effect of copying EULAs. A similar controversy occurred last year with Google Docs, which originally gave Google similar rights . There is speculation that these terms were inserted under the assumption that users would not read the terms of use agreement before accepting the terms .
A spokesperson for Google has said that the claim was originally there due to a mistake. The spokesperson said that, in order to keep the license agreements simple for users, they regularly copy license agreements between different pieces of software. "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," said the spokesperson, when describing the effect of copying EULAs. A similar controversy occurred last year with Google Docs, which originally gave Google similar rights .
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. There is speculation that these terms were inserted under the assumption that users would not read the terms of use agreement before accepting the terms