Why can I not install Chrome?

[gene heskett]

On 1/31/24 04:51, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 31/1/24 15:06, Owen Thomas wrote:
>> I entered "chrome install ubuntu" into google, and got this page 
>> <https://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/chrome/?platform=linux>.
>>
>> I click the Download button, and get 
>> "google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb" in my Firefox downloads 
>> directory.
>>
>> I click on the file to open it, i get the attached window. Nothing 
>> happens after that.
>>
>> My question is: why can I not install Chrome?
>>
> 
> Why do you want to install trojan horse software on your computer?
> 
> ....
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> Western Australia
> (UTC+0800)
> .................
> 
You are being far too PC when you call that a trojan horse.
> 

Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
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