DOJ: Google must sell Chrome, Android could be next
DOJ: Google must sell Chrome, Android could be next
Google says government proposals would “harm America’s consumers.”…
You're viewing a single thread.
The DOJ is asking the court to force Google to promptly and fully divest itself of Chrome, along with any data or other assets required for its continued operation. It is essentially aiming to take the Chrome user base—consisting of some 3.4 billion people—away from Google and hand it to a competitor
Fuck yes, shatter that shit.
Shatter it and probably have it bought out by Elon.
Seriously. The only people willing to pay what it's "worth" will end up doing the same thing (or worse).
What we need are some actual privacy laws with teeth, so that the data isn't worth as much to begin with.
Elon's a dunce, so he'll probably enshittify it so badly that people will leave. So google is weakened and chrome dies (at least, i hope in a good outcome)
That regular people would stop using chrome if it turned into xhrome is highly unlikely. These are people who browse without adblocker, use facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and buy Amazon echos. It'd just lead to Doge influencing the direction of xhromium based browsers.
True :( but we've seen how stupid he is, and now bluesky has become xitter's #1 competitor because of his incompetence. Maybe, maybe, maybe...
The court still has to decide. Final verdict this august. There absolutely no way Google doesn't call upon the current administration to help out. Let's not celebrate before the final verdict. We don't know whether it's really final either or whether google can appeal, because if they can, it'll probably take a few years before anything really happens. Maybe we'll even see a new administration by then.
Yeah but is it Elon&friends who will get to buy it?
The optimist in me hopes not, but only time will tell.
If he does i hope he tanks it so badly that it loses a huge chunk of market share - ideally when ladybird is ready.
Is ladybird some FF replacement?
It's a completely built from scratch browser https://ladybird.org/, very exciting.
There's also https://servo.org/ (was mozilla but now linux foundation), but it seems to be going slower.
Sadly, Servo more or less halted when Mozilla laid off people in 2020. It only really started back up in 2023 when they secured new external funding. That said, I don't think Servo intends to be a fully-fledged Browser like Ladybird. While LB intends to be a car, Servo plans to be a great engine, but only that.
...on the other hand, Ladybird's lead dev seems like trouble. So maybe I'd rather wait for a Servo-based browser instead.
I think you'd like to keep an eye on Verso.
Can't believe I forgot about it, already starred and waiting to see where it goes. Thanks.