Google Chrome add itself to login items
On the new Monterrey OS everytime I open Google Chrome and it add itself to login items. I erase it every time, but it persists. How can I avoid it?.
Thank you,
Mac Studio
Aburbano wrote:
Thank you. I don't know why I didn't think it before. Clever people with clever ideas!
Sarcasm aside, my suggestion is your only legal option. When you downloaded and first ran Google Chrome, you agreed to Google's terms of service, which include a clause stating that "You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of our services or software." Please note the use of the conjunction "or". This means that even though you may not be leasing or reselling your copy of Google Chrome, you are also forbidden from modifying it.
If Chrome wants to add itself to your Login Items, that is the way it works. You either have to accept it or use some other web browser, such as the one that you already paid for.
Before you embark upon a technical discussion of what may or may not constitute a "modification", let me just point out that a login item in Monterey is merely the most visible persistence mechanism. Chrome actually runs several tasks in the background. Even if you try to disable them, each time you launch Chrome, it can reinstall and re-enable them if it so desires.
This is a fight that you can't win. If you choose to run software written by someone else, your only option is to run it on their terms. If you think you are pulling a fast one on them, you are mistaken. Each time you launch the software, you give them the keys to your device to use as they see fit. Your only option is to not launch the software.
