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Re:DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search... by branon on Thursday November 21, 2024 @02:01PM (#42207458)
Who do you sell _Google_ Chrome to? This seems ill-advised. Who could possibly run it? Oracle? Broadcom? Is Elon Musk going to buy it and then we'll have X Browser?

None of these options seem likely to create anything better than what we have now.

On the upshot, Firefox is going to see a resurgence. Hey, maybe Mozilla buys it?

Re:DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search... by jacobp100 on Thursday November 21, 2024 @02:03PM (#42207480)
The exact opposite. Mozilla is no longer allowed to receive a payment from Google to be the default search engine, and that payment was 90% of their revenue
Re:DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search... by red016 on Thursday November 21, 2024 @03:25PM (#42208257)
Google destroyed Mozilla by giving them free money until they became lazy and incompetent.
Re:DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search... by JimDabell on Thursday November 21, 2024 @02:04PM (#42207495)
> Other remedies the government is asking the court to impose include prohibiting Google from offering money or anything of value to third parties — including Apple and other phone-makers — to make Google’s search engine the default

If this happens, Mozilla is going to be fighting for survival, it’s not going to be in a position to make acquisitions.

Re:DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search... by DrBenCarson on Thursday November 21, 2024 @02:03PM (#42207479)
Probably spun out as an independent film
Re:DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search... by LightHugger on Thursday November 21, 2024 @02:57PM (#42207978)
The point of antitrust action is exactly this, to destroy noncompetitive business models like chrome and allow true competition to thrive between actors in a free market. Given that you do not seem to understand the core point of antitrust i'm not sure you're in a position to judge it as ill advised.
Re:DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Thursday November 21, 2024 @02:04PM (#42207493)
Is that kind of the point? Chrome makes no business sense if it weren't for the anticompetitive edge it provides.