I get one experience in Incognito mode, a completely different one in normal mode. They tell you to install a Chrome ext to use it when you can just do so without it in incognito mode. Removing the ext also takes you to a 404 page that seems suspect.
Already playing tricks on users at launch, at least it took Google a decade to remove their "don't be evil."
Yea... Requiring the default was a tough choice.
You actually can try it out in incognito mode and any other browser.
We didn't want to mess with privacy in incognito mode but just found that without the convenience of a navbar search it's hard to break many years of a monopoly dominating search. I hope we can drop this requirement even in Chrome when we become one of the default options.
But as you found out, installing and uninstalling takes only a few seconds.
Regarding the uninstall bug... not sure why you think that bug is an "evil" "trick" :)
We are just in beta and still have to iron things out.
We are waiting to get approval from the Chrome store and will fix that bug soon.
Already playing tricks on users at launch, at least it took Google a decade to remove their "don't be evil."