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It's untenable to have a fox as guardian of the chicken coop, this shit will return again and again as long as Google controls Chrome. Come on, lets see some se

It's untenable to have a fox as guardian of the chicken coop, this shit will return again and again as long as Google controls Chrome. Come on, lets see some serious anti-trust action.

mistercheph 3y ago
Lina Khan? hello?
hollerith 3y ago
What action specifically? A breakup? The entity that ends up owning Chrome would have to continue to pay for maintenance, at least to keep on patching security holes and responding to new laws and regulations. How is it going to get the money to do that? The Firefox way?
- matkoniecz 3y ago
  > The Firefox way? Yes. Though they could fundraise also using other methods.
- inefficient 3y ago
  Google controls way to much of the interaction on the internet. Between Gmail, search, android, and chrome they can and do abuse their position. And this isn't even looking at the backend and ad stuff. It should probably be broken up in to multiple companies each of which would have different business strategies and areas of focus. Allowing a company to essentially break the current internet so that they can guarantee more ad revenue seems like what anti-trust rules were built for. Honestly, google has much more control on the internet with chrome than MS ever did with IE.
- pipo234 3y ago
  Since we're talking about breakups, how about asking Android to pay up for Chrome? And how about asking customers to pay $50 license for Android when they buy a smart phone? Or an annual fee, for updates and maintenance. I mean, those payments are already done, except they are currently obfuscated because we only see the purchase price when we buy a phone, not the money passed under the table in exchange for yielding our privacy.
  - Gigachad 3y ago
    Because no one will pay for the updates and then they are left with an out of date phone that gets connected to a botnet and drains their bank account. Like what happened with Windows.
- mrguyorama 3y ago
  Why should I, a consumer repeatedly harmed by google's actions in strongarming the web to their desires, care?
  - deleted 3y ago
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- glimshe 3y ago
  Donations, the firefox way, freemium or simply charging like most other things on Earth. At one point you had to pay for the best version of the old Netscape browser. We got too used to "free", when in fact we became the product of big corporations "giving away" the tech.
  - justsid 3y ago
    I really hope Chrome becomes paid software, the fallout in my immediate family is going to be glorious. On a less cheeky note, I’m all for breaking up Google but the reality is that outside of this small tech circle nobody cares. People like the current system and they have no problem with web DRM either because if anything it might benefit them (no stupid captchas for example).

It's untenable to have a fox as guardian of the chicken coop, this shit will return again and again as long as Google controls Chrome. Come on, lets see some serious anti-trust action.

mistercheph 3y ago

Lina Khan? hello?

hollerith 3y ago

What action specifically? A breakup? The entity that ends up owning Chrome would have to continue to pay for maintenance, at least to keep on patching security holes and responding to new laws and regulations. How is it going to get the money to do that? The Firefox way?

matkoniecz 3y ago
> The Firefox way? Yes. Though they could fundraise also using other methods.
inefficient 3y ago
Google controls way to much of the interaction on the internet. Between Gmail, search, android, and chrome they can and do abuse their position. And this isn't even looking at the backend and ad stuff. It should probably be broken up in to multiple companies each of which would have different business strategies and areas of focus. Allowing a company to essentially break the current internet so that they can guarantee more ad revenue seems like what anti-trust rules were built for. Honestly, google has much more control on the internet with chrome than MS ever did with IE.
pipo234 3y ago
Since we're talking about breakups, how about asking Android to pay up for Chrome? And how about asking customers to pay $50 license for Android when they buy a smart phone? Or an annual fee, for updates and maintenance. I mean, those payments are already done, except they are currently obfuscated because we only see the purchase price when we buy a phone, not the money passed under the table in exchange for yielding our privacy.
- Gigachad 3y ago
  Because no one will pay for the updates and then they are left with an out of date phone that gets connected to a botnet and drains their bank account. Like what happened with Windows.
mrguyorama 3y ago
Why should I, a consumer repeatedly harmed by google's actions in strongarming the web to their desires, care?
- deleted 3y ago
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glimshe 3y ago
Donations, the firefox way, freemium or simply charging like most other things on Earth. At one point you had to pay for the best version of the old Netscape browser. We got too used to "free", when in fact we became the product of big corporations "giving away" the tech.
- justsid 3y ago
  I really hope Chrome becomes paid software, the fallout in my immediate family is going to be glorious. On a less cheeky note, I’m all for breaking up Google but the reality is that outside of this small tech circle nobody cares. People like the current system and they have no problem with web DRM either because if anything it might benefit them (no stupid captchas for example).