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For the simple minded among us, can someone explain why this would be worth 34.5 billion dollars? Wouldn't the fork (https://www.perplexity.ai/comet https://www
by aliljet 1y ago
For the simple minded among us, can someone explain why this would be worth 34.5 billion dollars? Wouldn't the fork (https://www.perplexity.ai/comet https://www.perplexity.ai/comet) be sufficient?
- ygjb 1y agoAt an estimated 3.45 billion Chrome users across virtually all platforms, that places the value of a Chrome user at $10. Anyone can fork a browser (and many unqualified or underfunded teams do), but acquiring control of the primary surface for Internet access of nearly half the planet? $34.5B seems pretty cheap.
- taylorius 1y agoChrome has a slightly higher installed base than comet.
- IncreasePosts 1y agoThe same reason Elon bought twitter for $40B or whatever. The tech isn't worth that - the audience is(or, might be)
- dismalaf 1y agoThe users and data is what everyone wants. Which is scary because Google at least doesn't sell data (they just match contextual ads to users), whereas any company that purchases Chrome no doubt will.
- internet_points 1y agoIf they buy Chrome, they can change the default search on a web browser used by half the planet.
- fsflover 1y agoBut will it be legal?