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Re:Chrome will Soon Let You Share Links to a Specific Word o... by chottocharaii on Friday February 15, 2019 @02:01AM (#19169007)
Why is the possibility of a wheel being reinvented a desirable thing?
Re:Chrome will Soon Let You Share Links to a Specific Word o... by giornogiovanna on Friday February 15, 2019 @08:06AM (#19170549)
Is a browser really a "wheel"? There are so many choices to make, so many lines drawn in the sand. And besides, you really don't want the marketing and tracking giant Google to make all the decisions regarding the software that delivers so much content to billions of users' screens, do you? They've been okay so far, but there's a huge conflict of interest here.
Re:Chrome will Soon Let You Share Links to a Specific Word o... by adrianN on Friday February 15, 2019 @02:09AM (#19169043)
Because competition is good?
Re:Chrome will Soon Let You Share Links to a Specific Word o... by genericone on Friday February 15, 2019 @02:17AM (#19169083)
The hundreds if not thousands of ad supported calculator and flashlight apps on play store beg to differ.
Re:Chrome will Soon Let You Share Links to a Specific Word o... by TeMPOraL on Friday February 15, 2019 @02:55AM (#19169232)
Reasonable amount of competition is good.
Re:Chrome will Soon Let You Share Links to a Specific Word o... by claudiawerner on Friday February 15, 2019 @03:10AM (#19169288)
Competition that spurs innovation is good, more like, but I am skeptical of the claim that competition is necessary to prompt innovation, and whether the costs of such a model (leading to massive waste of society's productive capacity) are worth the purported benefits. For instance, a good deal of mathematics and science was not done on the principle of competition, but search for improvement. The real question is whether the development in goods and services can be or could have used similar principles, which is not only more efficient but seems condusive to better mental well-being; I'd rather desire to improve than to slight (and possibly sabotage) someone who must be my opponent.
Re:Chrome will Soon Let You Share Links to a Specific Word o... by EchoAce on Friday February 15, 2019 @02:36AM (#19169164)
Good for the consumer.