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Re:DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome by illiac786 on Thursday November 21, 2024 @12:10AM (#42201331)
I would assume they would not want Facebook to buy it, obviously. Microsoft neither.

I do not have a solution for the business case I have to admit, but it has 60%+ market share I believe, I’m sure someone will figure out something to monetize this.

It might end up with chrome becoming a worse browser though, that’s not an unlikely outcome at all. But Internet as a whole would be better for it in my view, if google‘s grip got loosened a bit…

Re:DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome by wrsh07 on Thursday November 21, 2024 @12:08PM (#42206350)
This is funny to me. I don't really trust Google's incentives in general, but unlike all of the social networks, Google benefits from a more open internet.

Sure, this has gotten worse over time (if Reddit is closed, goog can pay for access), but they've been a reasonable steward of the web. Chrome is good. I use it intentionally. (Generally, my devices do not come with it installed and I choose to install it)

There are lots of reasonable pieces of anti competitive behavior that we should be punishing. This one will make the internet worse for consumers

Re:DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome by illiac786 on Thursday November 21, 2024 @03:28PM (#42208284)
I think websites only working with chromium browsers is not making the internet better and is definitely not a more open internet.

I’m not saying they are the worse monopolists out there though, just that I find the logic of splitting chrome sound, in the interest of a more open internet.

Re:DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome by wrsh07 on Friday November 22, 2024 @07:16PM (#42218397)
I don't really understand this

Safari works fine?? It's web kit based and is better for both memory usage and battery life iiuc

I almost exclusively use it on my phone. I also use it on my laptop (I have chrome FF and safari but primary use safari and chrome because I prefer them)

This seems to be working as intended. Apple makes a great browser that runs great on their devices and is beautifully designed. Chrome works everywhere (that is important to Google!)

We have choices!

Re:DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome by illiac786 on Saturday November 23, 2024 @02:07AM (#42219599)
Try to use safari with SAP software, for example.

Safari is amazingly fast and energy efficient, but I really really like the total cookie protection feature of Firefox. It’s unique to Firefox and I wish it would become the standard.