I'm not sure how that (random) post shows it connects "just as frequently", but I just tried it with a new install of chromium. I picked bing as my default search engine and got no connections to a google server on startup.
In normal use, I think you will have to disable "use a web service to help resolve navigation errors" and "enable phishing and malware protection" to prevent all connections, but I'm personally ok with those (and find them sufficiently well documented)
In normal use, I think you will have to disable "use a web service to help resolve navigation errors" and "enable phishing and malware protection" to prevent all connections, but I'm personally ok with those (and find them sufficiently well documented)