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Re:DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome by sdenton4 on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @02:58AM (#42180960)
...and competition is going so well in the browser market. The dedicated browser businesses (mozilla, opera, etc) are all tiny and/or struggling mightily. All of the biggest browsers are side-projects of larger tech firms.

Monetizing browsers requires either subscriptions or (further) enshittification of the web experience. Forcing /market/ competition into the space will not be great for consumers, IMO.

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Re:DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome by rtpg on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @06:32AM (#42182315)
Perhaps the fact that large companies can subsidize their browser operations through their huge war chest and large presence on the web or in the operating system space is indicative of them using market power to crowd out competition and make paid offerings less sustainable!

Perhaps some antitrust action would help with this.

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