Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts
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Re: Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts
#2What does this mean for Mozilla?
Where would Mozilla get their 80% of revenue from if Google now has to probably sever and end their search deal for Firefox? [0].
[0] https://www.theverge.com/news/660548/firefox-google-search-r...
Re: Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts
#3Re: Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts
#4What does this mean for Mozilla? Where would Mozilla get their 80% of revenue from if Google now has to probably sever and end their search deal for Firefox? [0]. [0] https://www.theverge.com/news/660548/firefox-google-search-r...
Sell SDKs and API access.
Re: Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts
#5The headline is not great because Google will obviously appeal the ruling to the appeals court of DC, and if they have to, the Supreme Court.
A lot can happy from now and then. And this may take many years to grind through the court system.
I wonder if there exists AI models of all the super senior and important judges so we can venture how this will play out through the court system.
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#6RIP Firefox
Re: Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts
#7The headline is not great because Google will obviously appeal the ruling to the appeals court of DC, and if they have to, the Supreme Court. A lot can happy from now and then. And this may take many years to grind through the court system. I wonder if there exists AI models of all the super senior and important judges so we can venture how this will play out through the court system.
Could the final vertict be worse for Google?
Re: Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts
#8When the stock pops 10% on the announcement you got your antitrust enforcement wrong.
Re: Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts
#9The BBC is reporting the exact opposite of this headline.
"It's also free to keep making payments to partners such as Apple, to secure placement of its browser - another closely watched and contentious part of the case."
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cg50dlj9gm4t
Edit: Even the CNBC body text contradicts its own headline. The confusion seems to be what "exclusive" means.
"The company can make payments to preload products, but they cannot have exclusive contracts, the decision showed."
Re: Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts
#10Firefox can still get money, and maybe Apple too. The ruling says they can pay for preload, but not for exclusivity.
Google also must share search data with competitors, but it's not totally clear what this is. The ruling mentions helping other engines with "long tail" queries.
All in all this seems like a pretty mild ruling, and an appeal can generally only help Google from a not to bad ruling at this point.