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Re:Google is a monopoly. Breakup may be coming; what comes a... by maeil on Thursday August 15, 2024 @11:36AM (#41257285)
> It's an interesting hypothesis, but it's entirely possible that separated from Google, Chrome is either not a viable business model (browsers don't make money on their own)

No, that's not possible. Google pays $20 billion to Safari to be the default search engine. Imagine how much they would pay an independent Chrome, which has many multiples of Safari's market share. That alone guarantees it would be an incredibly viable business model.

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Re:Google is a monopoly. Breakup may be coming; what comes a... by labcomputer on Thursday August 15, 2024 @12:15PM (#41257650)
But Google isn’t allowed to pay to be the default search engine anymore. So that revenue stream is gone.
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Re:Google is a monopoly. Breakup may be coming; what comes a... by ttoinou on Thursday August 15, 2024 @01:23PM (#41258346)
It still shows the market value of browsers, even if unrealized or illegal this value could be exploited differently
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Re:Google is a monopoly. Breakup may be coming; what comes a... by asadotzler on Thursday August 15, 2024 @05:59PM (#41260866)
You're imagining things. Google hasn't been prevented from that at all, yet, and may not be. We are discussing remedies here that have not happened yet. You cannot discount one possible remedy because of the existence of another possible remedy.
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Re:Google is a monopoly. Breakup may be coming; what comes a... by shadowgovt on Thursday August 15, 2024 @12:10PM (#41257611)
Would they be allowed, or would that be more anti-competitive behavior?
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