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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by kauffj on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @06:51PM (#18974120)
Indeed it is! We have a wonderful mechanism that handles this situation: a free market.

We've already seen far greater market share from a browser. That browser lost it's market share when it stopped serving consumers. It lost it so thoroughly that decades and billions later it still can't recoup it.

Why would you want the government to hurt Firefox and the other competitors who would be happy to compete with Google on this front?

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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by mishac on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @06:58PM (#18974195)
You appear to be forgetting that a huge part of the story was government action to limit the power of the company that made that browser, both in the US and especially in the EU.
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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by 50656E6973 on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @06:57PM (#18974183)
Its not a free market
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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by dymk on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @07:00PM (#18974218)
Browser choice is most certainly a free market. Microsoft, Mozilla, and Apple all develop their own, and their browsers are not beholden to the same pressures as Google (i.e. to not block ads).
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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by bk_avalara on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @07:06PM (#18974262)
Except for the Microsoft part, yes: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/12/06/micro...
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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by Bizarro on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @07:38PM (#18974510)
It's not a free market, so let's make it less of a free market by getting the government involved. That's the plan, right?
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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by Zarath on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @01:29AM (#18976154)
You, like so many others, are conflating "ideal" market and "free" market. Free markets do not always behave ideally, and ideal markets is really what we should be aiming for.
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Re:Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable u... by 50656E6973 on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @01:58PM (#18981404)
Ehhh...you could probably just take away all the government protections such as patents and subsidies/tax breaks instead
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