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Re:Perplexity low-balls Google with $34.5B offer for Chrome by srcno on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @04:12PM (#44881263)
Article title: Perplexity offers more than twice its total valuation to buy Chrome from Google
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Re:Perplexity low-balls Google with $34.5B offer for Chrome by RattlesnakeJake on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @05:56PM (#44882246)
Ars does A/B testing on its headlines: Authors submit two versions, and for the first few hours visitors will randomly see either one. Whichever one draws more clicks becomes the permanent headline.

Interestingly, the URL remains constant, which is why you'll often see a disparity between it and the headline.

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Re:Perplexity low-balls Google with $34.5B offer for Chrome by puttycat on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @03:57PM (#44881147)
Lowball: to calculate something at a price or level that is unfairly low.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/lowball

(I did not know the expression and admittedly understood it in a completely obscene way)

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Re:Perplexity low-balls Google with $34.5B offer for Chrome by PunchTornado on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @04:26PM (#44881407)
>AI startup Perplexity is powering a new AI-powered search engine on Truth Social, President Donald Trump's social media platform.

I don't understand why anyone would use them. If they get chrome, I'll switch to firefox. hate them too much.

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Re:Perplexity low-balls Google with $34.5B offer for Chrome by Incipient on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @09:59PM (#44883910)
They're doing it for money. The vast majority of people and companies out there do stuff for money.
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Re:Perplexity low-balls Google with $34.5B offer for Chrome by ChrisArchitect on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @04:32PM (#44881483)
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44877656
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