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AI start-up Perplexity makes surprise bid for Google Chrome (www.bbc.com)
submitted 1 month ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 month ago (3 children)

If Google is forced to sell Chrome, is anything stopping them from simply developing another Chromium based browser and immediately beginning to siphon customers from what is now the competition?

Because that seems to be something that would seriously limit the value of the browser.

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The sale often includes a period during which the one selling can't create a similar product again to compete with what they sold

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That typically happens when the seller actually wants to sell though.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Why do you think anti trust rulings couldn't contain the same limitation? Other than the govt being for sale to the highest bidder, but if Google could influence that the ruling wouldn't happen in the first place.

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They would just invest a bunch of money into a browser and be forced to sell it.

I’d like to see them just open source it.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Chromium already is open source.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

I have some personal experience with this! In the Before Times, an anti-trust action like this would also involve a many-year agreement by Google to an oversight committee composed of some engineers and business/economics people. Google would be forced to listen to the panel and enable any follow-ups. The “or else” was typically so astronomical it would be business-ending.

But that was back when we had the rule of law.