Google Being Forced to Sell Chrome Is Not Good for the Web

Re:Google Being Forced to Sell Chrome Is Not Good for the Web by stephenr on Saturday March 15, 2025 @03:16AM (#43370661)

In a scenario where Google no longer control Chrome, I doubt Safari's budget is at risk, the company had nearly $400B in revenue in 2024.

Courtroom testimony implied that part of the reason Apple value(s/d) the deal with Google was a "peace deal" to prevent Google from doing what Google does and forcing Safari users on Google properties, to switch to Chrome.

Of all the browsers that would be affected by the loss of Google funding, Safari is least likely to be affected.

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Re:Google Being Forced to Sell Chrome Is Not Good for the Web by izacus on Saturday March 15, 2025 @04:06AM (#43370888)

The 400B in revenue is there to be paid out to shareholders not to pay for browser development when not needed.

Apple only has a browser team because they need to keep up with parity for their OS.

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Re:Google Being Forced to Sell Chrome Is Not Good for the Web by stephenr on Saturday March 15, 2025 @05:26AM (#43371255)

That logic could be applied to every app team at Apple, or indeed every other publicly traded software company

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Re:Google Being Forced to Sell Chrome Is Not Good for the Web by Jensson on Saturday March 15, 2025 @10:54AM (#43372918)

No, because people tend to invest in what generates revenue. If Apple no longer gets billions from Safari most people would stop investing that much in it, so that is likely what is going to happen.

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Re:Google Being Forced to Sell Chrome Is Not Good for the Web by izacus on Saturday March 15, 2025 @06:00PM (#43375419)

Yep, and it works out that as well. Without competition, they stagnate and lag.

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