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> What do you think will happen if Google is forced to divest Chrome? The new Chrome company will struggle for a year or two then Apple will try to buy it but

> What do you think will happen if Google is forced to divest Chrome? The new Chrome company will struggle for a year or two then Apple will try to buy it but lose out after Oracle submits a higher bid.

polishTar 2y ago
Oracle Chrome, Ha! I wouldn't even be surprised if that's exactly how it plays out.
- docmars 2y ago
  God help us, haha!
- fragmede 2y ago
  I'm sure Meta is doing some math on what they can afford.
Suppafly 2y ago
>The new Chrome company will struggle for a year or two then Apple will try to buy it but lose out after Oracle submits a higher bid. We're in the worst timeline, so I could see that happening.
- gambiting 2y ago
  Elon buys it to "preserve free speech everywhere" then turns it into the same swamp twitter is. So you know, could be worse.
wongarsu 2y ago
Oracle Chrome would remain free at first, but one year down the road all new versions would become free for home use but $50 per seat yearly for commercial use, with a clause that allows Oracle to enter your offices to audit your compliance at any time
lenerdenator 2y ago
If the choice is no internet, forever, or giving Oracle money, I'm gonna live in 1990 from here on out.
- hypercube33 2y ago
  Return to Konqueror Browser from KDE - the grandfather webkit browser. In all seriousness, I kind of wish that someone could build a sustained non profit like apache to take over chromium - if Google or Microsoft or others want to custom roll their own flavor fine, but Google being for-profit has been making decisions against the best for everyone browsing the web (such as the new plugin stuff around adblocks) (conflict of interest)
- boppo1 2y ago
  What did Oracle do?
  - quickthrowman 2y ago
    The Chief Legal Officer is probably the most powerful person at Oracle after Larry the Lawnmower.
  - lenerdenator 2y ago
    Besides gutting my former employer so that Larry can have even more money than he could hope to spend in a human lifetime?
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niutech 2y ago
Did you know that Oracle used to have its own web browser PowerBrowser? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_PowerBrowser https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_PowerBrowser
more_corn 2y ago
This sounds surprisingly likely.

polishTar 2y ago

Oracle Chrome, Ha! I wouldn't even be surprised if that's exactly how it plays out.

docmars 2y ago
God help us, haha!
fragmede 2y ago
I'm sure Meta is doing some math on what they can afford.

Suppafly 2y ago

>The new Chrome company will struggle for a year or two then Apple will try to buy it but lose out after Oracle submits a higher bid. We're in the worst timeline, so I could see that happening.

gambiting 2y ago
Elon buys it to "preserve free speech everywhere" then turns it into the same swamp twitter is. So you know, could be worse.

wongarsu 2y ago

Oracle Chrome would remain free at first, but one year down the road all new versions would become free for home use but $50 per seat yearly for commercial use, with a clause that allows Oracle to enter your offices to audit your compliance at any time

lenerdenator 2y ago

If the choice is no internet, forever, or giving Oracle money, I'm gonna live in 1990 from here on out.

hypercube33 2y ago
Return to Konqueror Browser from KDE - the grandfather webkit browser. In all seriousness, I kind of wish that someone could build a sustained non profit like apache to take over chromium - if Google or Microsoft or others want to custom roll their own flavor fine, but Google being for-profit has been making decisions against the best for everyone browsing the web (such as the new plugin stuff around adblocks) (conflict of interest)
boppo1 2y ago
What did Oracle do?
- quickthrowman 2y ago
  The Chief Legal Officer is probably the most powerful person at Oracle after Larry the Lawnmower.
- lenerdenator 2y ago
  Besides gutting my former employer so that Larry can have even more money than he could hope to spend in a human lifetime?

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niutech 2y ago

Did you know that Oracle used to have its own web browser PowerBrowser? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_PowerBrowser https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_PowerBrowser

more_corn 2y ago

This sounds surprisingly likely.