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Google must sell Chrome to end search monopoly, justice department argues in court filing
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2024
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to me, shaving Android off their business (suggested next step if this fails) would be way more impactful
I'm worrying that whatever gets sold (Chrome or Android) might end up in the hands of someone even more scummy than Google.
They would have to be more scummy and also at least similarly competent... Google can't innovate for crap, but they're pretty good at maintaining projects (when they don't randomly kill them off)
If they stop work on chromium, or belief in the stewardship of chromium wanes, it'll fragment the ecosystem again. Which is sorely needed at this point - we need to get back to standards and away from centralized control
Imagine Twitter/musk acquires them. Microsoft, Apple, and many other big companies directly or indirectly rely on a chain now controlled by a group known for mismanagement - are they going to wait and see, or are they going to diversify?