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Re:DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome by Certhas on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @04:10AM (#42181380)
Firefox is massively profitable. Why couldn't Chrome be?

Goggle would compete with other search engines for being the default search. So this would have knock on effects on search as well.

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Re:DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome by sofixa on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @04:50AM (#42181674)
Firefox is profitable thanks to Google's money, and Google are probably so generous with them to ensure they have some competition. In the EU, OSes and browsers have to ask the user which browser and search engine they want to use, and an independent Chrome might be forced to follow the same logic. Then Google would have little incentive to splash as much money.
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Re:DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome by Certhas on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @05:37AM (#42181972)
Google has to provide a choice screen. It's not an automatic given that independent Chrome would have to.
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Re:DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome by sofixa on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @06:01AM (#42182135)
Google Chrome is explicitly one of the things Alphabet are listed as a gatekeeper on, with an explicit decision: https://digital-markets-act-cases.ec.europa.eu/cases/DMA.100...

So I don't see how an independent Chrome would be much different.

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Re:DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome by Certhas on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @12:22PM (#42185903)
Chrome is designated a Core Platform Service, Alphabet is the gatekeeper. If Chrome is independent, it could only be designated a gatekeeper if it has an annual turnover of 7.5 billion Eur in the EU. In which case it is definitely economically viable.
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