For the Chinese Internet, the Mid-Autumn Festival is not peaceful

September 22 electricity for China's Internet, the Mid-Autumn festival in 2013 is not peaceful. Tencent has just been injected into the Sogou, with the previous nearly 360 between the marriage, a war of words broke out.

Sogou claims that 360 users do not know, the Sogou browser user's default settings are changed to IE or 360 browser, it is unfair competition behavior. And 360 think Sogou to upgrade the input method and update thesaurus as an excuse, large-scale browser-induced bundle behavior, 360 to the user tips Sogou induced bundle behavior legitimate. For a time, similar to the cloud of 3Q War once again enveloped the mid-autumn night, netizens again faced the choice.

Sogou: 360 tamper with user browser default settings

September 20, Sogou CEO Wang Xiaoquan forward Netizens Weibo said, "from yesterday (19th) has received a large number of users across the country 360 of complaints, micro-blog also saw a lot of feedback." This rogue behavior beyond the legal bottom line, but also to the user's great harm. "Wang Xiaoquan said Sogou has taken evidence of this.

21st morning, Sogou issued an official statement said that from the morning of September 19 began to receive a large number of user complaints: Sogou browser user's default settings are changed to IE or 360 browser, and user manual recovery is invalid.

Sogou Survey statistics show that a large number of Sogou browser users are divided into batches, time slots, the geographical area was affected. The affected users, in addition to Beijing, include Guangzhou, Xi ' An and other cities and regions.

Sogou Blunt, according to the preliminary judgment of technical personnel, Sogou browser users default settings in the user's ignorance of the changes, and 360 of security software. Sogou statement also called on 360 companies to immediately stop affecting the user experience of unfair competition behavior, advocating a benign competitive environment.

On the evening of 21st, Sogou Browser posted a tutorial on its official microblog to instruct users on how to restore the default browser settings.

360: Sogou Input Method exists induced bundle behavior

In the face of the dog's accusations, 360 appears to be somewhat innocent. 21st afternoon 360 also issued a statement, to tamper with the user's browser accusations denied, said the user has the right to know and choice, and accused Sogou input exists to induce binding behavior, violating the relevant provisions of the Ministry of Law.

360 statement said, Tencent company 448 million U.S. dollar investment sogou, this year during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Sogou Input Method bundle behavior intensified, to upgrade input method and update thesaurus as an excuse, large-scale browser to induce bundled behavior. As a security software, the software bundle behavior of Sogou, 360 to user risk hint is completely legitimate.

360 thinks, like other security software, 360 security software also provides the browser repair function. Sogou through the bundle download Sogou browser and modify the user's default settings, 360 of the browser repair function will be confirmed to the user, with the consent of the user, will be Sogou browser back to the system's original default browser. 360 Browser Repair features fully respect the user's right to know and choose.

It is alleged that as early as 2011, Ministry of Industry issued the 20th order "standardize the Internet Information Service Market order", made it clear: "Internet Information Service terminal software bundled with other software, should be a significant way to prompt the user, by the user actively choose whether to install or use, and provide a separate uninstall or shutdown mode , no unreasonable conditions shall be attached. ”

Who's the rogue?

September 16, Tencent announced its injection of 448 million U.S. dollars, and its search, input law and other services integrated into the Sogou. Tencent, Sogou two accidental marriage, and previously rumored to be the most likely to be the largest 360 accidental out. This incoming browser battle, it is easy to arouse Lenovo.

Insiders said that, with the sogou flower down Tencent, search market patterns add variables, and Sogou and 360 of this confrontation, perhaps the search field of a new round of the prelude to war. However, from the Sogou browser official microblogging release to restore the default browser settings, 360 this is the search for Sogou browser intentionally "blocked", it is difficult to conclude.

Sogou CEO Wang Xiaoquan on Weibo claims that 360 of the behavior is beyond the legal bottom line of "rogue behavior", and has been evidence. And 360 also moved out of the Ministry of Industry "standardize the Internet Information Service Market order Regulations" blamed sogou by binding to induce users to install. If the event continues to ferment, the two sides may also need to resort to court in order to clarify right and wrong.

However, whether or not to resort to legal procedures, the interests of the vast number of netizens have been damaged, the mouth of the battle behind the Internet Information Services, the regulation of the demand, who is the rogue can not always be judged by users, strengthen supervision, so that rogue behavior no hiding place, is the top priority of China's