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Wait- why would the DOJ buy Chrome? Is that something that they do, buy things? I don't want the government to own my web browser. That seems worse than a priva
by evan_ 2y ago
Wait- why would the DOJ buy Chrome? Is that something that they do, buy things? I don't want the government to own my web browser. That seems worse than a private company monopoly.
- talldayo 2y agoI like how it's phrased as though this is a negative from Google's perspective (somehow): > a potentially huge blow to the world's second-largest technology company. If Google doesn't have to pay for the development of their browser but also gets to keep AdSense, YouTube and presumably the Apple integration, that's a hugely pro-Google remediation.
- rolph 2y agoi had the impression advertizing was its own monopoly issue apart from the search monopoly,android, was another separate issue as well.
- dekhn 2y agoI have never seen DOJ propose to buy an asset of a company to reduce their monopoly; I don't think it's commonly done (or even proposed). The government owning Chrome is about the worst possible thing I can imagine happening to Chrome. They wouldn't know what to do with it.
- evan_ 2y ago> They wouldn't know what to do with it. I'd be more worried that they do know what to do with it.
- rolph 2y agoi think if DOJ buys Chrome, they can decimate google and not have to replace chrome, its thiers[ours] now?
- rafram 2y agoThe article never actually says that. Bad title.