DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly

Who do you sell _Google_ Chrome to? This seems ill-advised. Who could possibly run it? Oracle? Broadcom? Is Elon Musk going to buy it and then we'll have X Browser?

None of these options seem likely to create anything better than what we have now.

On the upshot, Firefox is going to see a resurgence. Hey, maybe Mozilla buys it?

Re: DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly

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Post by burningChrome » Thu, Nov 21, 2024, 7:02 PM UTC

thisislife2 wrote: post #2

Why just Chrome? Why Not Android too?

I'm wondering if they count custom ROMs or forks of Android to be legit competition like Lineage and Graphene?

Its a silly notion, but I'm just thinking out loud.

Re: DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly

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Post by exabrial » Thu, Nov 21, 2024, 7:02 PM UTC

> and it left the door open to requiring the company to spin out Android, too.

Hell yes. Next YouTube!

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Post by DrBenCarson » Thu, Nov 21, 2024, 7:03 PM UTC

branon wrote: post #4

Who do you sell _Google_ Chrome to? This seems ill-advised. Who could possibly run it? Oracle? Broadcom? Is Elon Musk going to buy it and then we'll have X Browser? None of these options seem likely to create anything better than what we have now. On the upshot, Firefox is going to see a resurgence. Hey, maybe Mozilla buys it?

Probably spun out as an independent film

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Post by jacobp100 » Thu, Nov 21, 2024, 7:03 PM UTC

branon wrote: post #4

Who do you sell _Google_ Chrome to? This seems ill-advised. Who could possibly run it? Oracle? Broadcom? Is Elon Musk going to buy it and then we'll have X Browser? None of these options seem likely to create anything better than what we have now. On the upshot, Firefox is going to see a resurgence. Hey, maybe Mozilla buys it?

The exact opposite. Mozilla is no longer allowed to receive a payment from Google to be the default search engine, and that payment was 90% of their revenue

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Nov 21, 2024, 7:03 PM UTC

branon wrote: post #4

Who do you sell _Google_ Chrome to? This seems ill-advised. Who could possibly run it? Oracle? Broadcom? Is Elon Musk going to buy it and then we'll have X Browser? None of these options seem likely to create anything better than what we have now. On the upshot, Firefox is going to see a resurgence. Hey, maybe Mozilla buys it?

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Re: DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly

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Post by 2OEH8eoCRo0 » Thu, Nov 21, 2024, 7:04 PM UTC

branon wrote: post #4

Who do you sell _Google_ Chrome to? This seems ill-advised. Who could possibly run it? Oracle? Broadcom? Is Elon Musk going to buy it and then we'll have X Browser? None of these options seem likely to create anything better than what we have now. On the upshot, Firefox is going to see a resurgence. Hey, maybe Mozilla buys it?

Is that kind of the point? Chrome makes no business sense if it weren't for the anticompetitive edge it provides.