moonleay@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoDOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopolywww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up134cross-posted to: technology
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minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThe same ruling would ban Google from paying other browsers to make Google the default search engine. This would kill Firefox and make Chromium the only browser engine that’s left.
minus-squareferret@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·30 days agoIt would leave the newly-split-off chrome in the same financial situation as firefox. Arguably a worse one.
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The same ruling would ban Google from paying other browsers to make Google the default search engine.
This would kill Firefox and make Chromium the only browser engine that’s left.
It would leave the newly-split-off chrome in the same financial situation as firefox. Arguably a worse one.