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I mean, obviously you are just making this up and attacking a straw man - the court is not going to order Google to sell the browser to Microsoft. Lots of comp
by safety1st 2y ago
I mean, obviously you are just making this up and attacking a straw man - the court is not going to order Google to sell the browser to Microsoft.
Lots of companies would probably be interested. None of them will be companies that possess a monopoly on search, because Google is the only one who has that.
It will lead to more competition in search. Google will not be able to prop up their search monopoly by being the default engine in Chrome anymore. They'll have to compete with, at a minimum, whoever buys it and immediately changes the default.
A more likely remedy than selling off the browser (or maybe both will happen) is that Google won't be able to set all your defaults for everything to Google anymore. This will create breathing room for other companies to market competing services and make money.
This is all good stuff for everyone who doesn't work at Google, which is 99.999999% of us even on Hacker News
- shiroiushi 2y agoIt's not a strawman, and you made your own strawman too by putting words in my mouth. I never said they'd force Google to sell to Microsoft specifically. You clearly haven't thought very clearly about how this would work. How exactly would a buyer make money from Chrome? Think about that for a few minutes and then maybe you'll understand why Microsoft is the most likely buyer, with Apple the next most likely.