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Google was born Google and created Alphabet as a holding entity for subsequent acquisitions. Mozilla created Firefox. It’s like if Google decided to rebrand G

Google was born Google and created Alphabet as a holding entity for subsequent acquisitions. Mozilla created Firefox. It’s like if Google decided to rebrand Google Maps to Chrome Maps if Chrome ended up having better brand recognition.

moreira 6y ago
That has happened to some extent; there are a number of products named after Chrome. Chromecast has nothing to do with a web browser (or even Chrome OS, another Chrome-branded product). It definitely hasn’t gotten to a point where we’re getting Chrome Maps, but the proliferation of Chrome-branded devices does indicate that Mozilla focusing more on Firefox the brand is a reasonable decision.
- yellowapple 6y ago
  > Chromecast has nothing to do with a web browser At one point it basically did, since Chrome was (IIRC) the first thing to support casting to Chromecasts.
- PhillyG 6y ago
  I'd argue that chrome OS sounds a lot like it's an OS built around the browser and Web apps.