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History is repeating itself. Only difference is that Google search and Chrome browser is not as bad as MSN and IE in former times. Why Google did not looked on
by therealmarv 8y ago
History is repeating itself. Only difference is that Google search and Chrome browser is not as bad as MSN and IE in former times. Why Google did not looked on how MS handled that issue when you become the market leader?
- oblio 8y agoBecause crime at that level pays and we're talking $$$. The fine is just a slap on the wrist in the overall scheme of things.
- therealmarv 8y agoI somehow doubt it pays more than 5 billion dollars. I mean, even when I had the option I would use Google search and Google Chrome anyway and I think many other people too.
- oblio 8y agoPeople use defaults. Look up UC Browser and the Samsung Browser. Especially their market share. Regarding potential gains, Android has all but cemented its position as the smartphone OS. Microsoft did the same in 1995 with Windows in the desktop market and it has 90%+ marketshare there, 23 years later. It's very likely it will still dominate the desktop market in 2045. Android will be at least a loss leader for Google for decades to come. And they made $10 billion in profit in 2017 alone (of course not all of it is driven by Android, but you get an impression of the scale).
- Avamander 8y agoI wonder if we're going to see a similar downfall of Chrome as we saw IE's?
- Scea91 8y agoFor IE at that time there were obvious superior alternatives. There are no such alternatives to Chrome today, so I do not expect any downfall.
- Aissen 8y agoOh, they did learn from MS. We've seen execs kill email threads to make sure position abuse wasn't apparent for future investigations: https://www.theverge.com/2011/05/12/google-android-skyhook-lawsuit-motorola-samsung https://www.theverge.com/2011/05/12/google-android-skyhook-l...