Trump will let this go through and behind the scenes force a deal where X buys Chrome
this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2024
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Why is everyone acting like this is a thing that will happen? All they have to do is wait roughly 90 days and it'll all go away.
Nah I rather they not get deeply vested in figuring out as revenue...
Don't fucking let Musk buy it though
Oh no.
What company could actually afford to buy it other than Google, Meta, or Amazon? Unless they are forced to sell it at a loss, which is fine with me.
Hear me out... Valve
With all due respect for Valve, they don't need this. They exist in their niche, and they're exceptionally good at doing their work
Chromium engine for half life 3
Microsoft is probably drooling at the prospect. They’ve been trying to get that IE monopoly back since this happened to them.
Oracle, sun, tencent, tita...
oracle would create MANGO (Microsoft,Apple,nvidia,google and Oracle)
Broadcom
By "sell," they could also mean ending up having Chrome just split off from Google, as a new, independent entity that is its own company, without anybody needing to buy it in the first place.
How exactly is this company going to make any money?
Selling user data, selling ad placement, subscriptions for paid services, enterprise-grade support contracts, and the like.
They could also take an approach similar to Google, branching back out from being just a browser into a suite of related tools that Chrome can then convince users to switch to (similar to how Chrome gets users to not just use Google search, but also services like Gmail too.)
I assume by continuing to sell data.
The judge would immediately shut that down for creative avoidance. This is an order to sell, not break up. The DOJ specifically indicated behavioural remedies in this case, meaning Google must not remain in control of Chrome.
This is an order to sell, not break up.
Currently, it's still recommended actions to the court. Nothing has actually been finalized in terms of what they're going to actually end up trying to make Google do.
Google must not remain in control of Chrome.
While divestiture is likely, they could also spin-off, split-off, or carve-out, which carry completely different implications for Google, but are still an option if they are unable to convince the court to make Google do their original preferred choice.
A split-off could prevent Google from retaining shares in the new company without sacrificing shares in Google itself, and a carve-out could still allow them to "sell" it, but via shares sold in an IPO instead of having to get any actual buyout from another corporation.
Don’t ya love it when people comment saying something that they think must be true as if it were actually true, without having the slightest idea?
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Sell it to me, I'll buy it for one dollar.
I'll go treefitty
This is the last antitrust win we'll get for years, isn't it?
I know Trump doesn't like Big Tech, but I doubt his admin will punish them meaningfully, but just rail about censorship.
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