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Payment for default search engine settings. Similar to Mozilla and will make browser wars less one sided. I, for one, would welcome forced spin-out of chrome/e

• Ajedi32 6y ago
  That's not a sustainable business model. Even Mozilla realizes that, which is why they're constantly trying to diversify into other revenue streams. Come to think of it, a break-up would probably just result in Microsoft "owning" Chrome, since they, through Edge, would quickly become the primary contributor to the project in the absence of available funds to keep the Chrome core team running at its current capacity.
  • ivalm 6y ago
    It makes more sense if edge and safari are spun out as well. I think in general we can’t just break up google and let everyone else alone, it has to be wide scale otherwise the other giants will just gobble up the difference. Regarding Mozilla’s diversification — I am not sure, so far default search payments are the only actual significant revenue source. A lot of expansion they are trying to do is just empire building. Also, if every browser is independent then default search payment becomes more viable since you can no longer guarantee to be default on “your own” platform.