or pay a generous fee of %0.00001 of your yearly earnings to make it go away
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Which tech company would buy Chrome from Google? I just can't think of a single tech company that could be an improvement over Google owning Chrome.
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Amazon
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Apple
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Meta
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Microsoft
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Oracle
What about media companies? I don't see consumers benefiting from this.
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Comcast
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Disney
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Netflix
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Viacom
What about telecom? I still don't see consumers benefiting from this.
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AT&T
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T-Mobile
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Verizon
What about foreign companies? Will they be even allowed to buy Chrome? I'm not sure.
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LG
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Philips
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Samsung
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Sony
The more I think about it, this won't end well.
Sell it to IBM so they can end all support lol
Of those companies, Apple seems like the best option due to their business goals (privacy). Though I am not fully sure why they'd want to as they already have a browser with a relative market share dominance and ecosystem.
Realistically, it would make sense to see Microsoft try again, it would instantly get 70% of the world to use "Edge", so their goals are met. Chrome already has the modern web standards, so it might just mean slower progression of the web in the future.
Chromium is already there and companies like Microsoft have their own forks so... Yeah I think there's no point of buying Chrome.
It's the most popular web browser in the world. Direct access to the browser windows and browsing data of the majority of Internet users would be the point.
Stellantis
A direct “donation” to Trump would instantly fix this.
I'd cheer if I thought this was anything except a blackmail play when a Trump administration is now involved. They'll buy him off and it'll all be back to status quo by fall.
Google should do the power play and completely open source the browser.
But Chrome is already just Chromium with some binary blobs. Chromium itself even has sync and Google services at this point.
Besides, what would that change in regards to who develops it?
the doj doesn't care about monopolies; the doj just wants to punish people who don't push fascist agendas.
Google’s ad network and YouTube are pushing the agenda more than pretty much everyone.
I thought so too because I only get horrific conservative nonsense from their platforms but turns out they've been vearing left lately, delisting conservative news and banning far right advertisers.
They're an open platform. Anyone can buy ad time on their platforms. It has nothing to do with Google and everything to do with people buying ad time.
If you're going to be pissed, then be pissed. Just be right.
"Guns don't kill people, people do!" No structural issues here to see, please proceed /s
Microsoft Chrome
Meta Chrome
Amazon Chrome
Apple Chrome
Sell to who though
ByteDance shell company Chrome.
X Chrome
Ughhhhhhh
I really want to downvote you just for the idea. Wow
Can I kick them? I want to kick them.
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