Google reacts angrily to report it will have to sell Chrome | BBC News

[@LivvieLynn]

Glad I'm using KZbin on Chrome registered using a Gmail account on my Android phone to learn about Google's monopoly.

[@Akimitsuuu]

You're lucky ! You could be stuck into another monopoly, watching it from Safari on a Macbook or an IPhone, logged in from an Apple account using your mac Keypass ! But eh, it's not the same, it cost at least 2x as much to enter Apple monopoly ! :P The only product that seems unlogical inside Google environment is KZbin. That's, in my eyes, the only real deal.

[@someonetooknuggets]

@@AkimitsuuuWhat apple has is a closed eco system not a monopoly.

[@RichardStrong86]

Smart move. You can't have a monopoly if no one is ever allowed in! Wait...

[@FF9F00]

@@Akimitsuuuhow can I log into KZbin with an Apple account? Pls help, this sounds like a cool idea lol

[@sebastianwolf4170]

@@Akimitsuuu Where is the monopoly in there? Is Safari with its 2% market share a leading browser? A macbook the only choice for a laptop? The iPhone the only thing you can make phone calls with? I think you misunderstood what a monopoly is.

[@Introverted100]

Report: Google may have to sell Chrome Google: 😡

[@SirishShrestha-w6z]

Getting news from Google owned KZbin 😂. Really monopoly 😂

[@wojtek1582]

@@SirishShrestha-w6z Well, the channel BBC is not owned by Google and I doubt Google in any way can control BBC content and tell them how they should report. Also both Chrome and YT are not things that you are forced to use and finally there are many other browsers and video sites you can use.

[@sylviekuroki898]

😂😂😂

[@bob1234881]

Google has been asked to sell Google!

[@notjustforhackers4252]

Chrome is built on Chromium. Chromium is open source. It's irrelevant what company plugs their spyware into it. This headline neglects to mention that "they" cannot sell open source code under the GPL, only the proprietary add ons. Only the Chrome branding itself, future development funding and plugins can be "Sold". If this grab happens switch to gecko. I wonder what the political leanings of the new "owners" will be.

[@8bit_paul]

I would like to see a visual representation of a Google reacting angrily.

[@thanosianthemadtitanic]

🤬

[@launchpending]

😡

[@TheDoomer666]

😠

[@feetfats1]

: (

[@hikodzu]

👹

[@syanreeze253]

I think Chrome with Google should stick together. What need to be separated from Google is definitely KZbin.

[@tvviewer4500]

KZbin is the most importantly asset for google in training its AI. Pretend government actions like this one are just tricks to get you to not think about the real deal the government made with the company. They did this in the 90s with Microsoft when it was giving the department of defense back door access into any windows pc in the world

[@MrSamoDude]

Google never announce how profitable their KZbin arm of the business is, but it’s believed to be making a loss, hence the recent push for further monetisation. If that’s true then who would want to purchase it!

[@Obsidianconcubine]

Again who can afford KZbin?

[@tvviewer4500]

@ somebody who is looking to make a whole lot of money

[@tvviewer4500]

@ anyone - go to a bank and ask about a loan to buy KZbin

[@featherfiend9095]

The problem is that whoever could afford to buy chrome is most likely to be just another monopoly, thereby not solving the problem. The ideal would be that it just becomes its own company somehow rather than being bought by a competitor.

[@filonin2]

Yeah, that's what you do when you break up a company.

[@NoobGamer-ki9pz]

Yeah, they should just separate it from Google.

[@racionador]

or make it public, give it to the govermment

[@WcWZzQM]

So uh what do we think about @racionador idea

[@my2iu]

@@racionador It is public. Chrome is open source. A lot of competing companies, like Microsoft, take Chrome and make their own versions of it. The issue is that Chrome takes a lot of money to develop, and its main purpose is not to make money but to prevent Apple and Microsoft from using their own power over web browsers to block Google’s web business in some way.

[@andrewph7719]

Google sells Chrome. Google starts a new web browser called Google

[@miguelpereira9859]

Google Browser

[@amalkrishnar1154]

😂 which idiot thought this was the solution.

[@CharFred-vr1ti]

Brilliant

[@GaryJr530]

😂 Genius

[@iPizzaSlice]

It already exists

[@eprofessio]

They should make them sell KZbin.

[@OFFR.B0r1s]

nah youtubes better with google, it just needs a whole revamp, the havent changed since 2018

[@IN-pr3lw]

​@@OFFR.B0r1sThe point is Google will not revamp it the way we need it to be

[@badbad-cat]

💯💯💯💯💯

[@tmoosy]

@@OFFR.B0r1s Google is trying to push ads down our throats, demonetising channels, not paying creators fairly and using youtube to push agendas. separate it from google!

[@sensationlive3528]

@@OFFR.B0r1sof course it’s changed, double unskippable and increasingly longer ads.. pushing people to buy premium. Oh and.. nothing is allowed on this platform anymore.. if it has the slight potential to offend someone somewhere then videos get demonetised.. pushing full censorship on the platform, and many good creators to leave. No dislike counter anymore, so you don’t really know if a video is good before you watch. Just to name a few. You must be young lol. God do I miss the good old days.

[@goncas1300]

Usa says Google going to have to sell Google : okay, we going to sell it to a Chinese companie Usa : Oh fuck

[@GoosePlays20]

Sells to the company that owns TikTok and buys TikTok instead 😂

[@8bit_paul]

I use Firefox, not sure why people think there's no choice.

[@Skilful_basics8]

The problem is I have Samsung phone. I have two Browsers on my phone from the factory that I can’t delete. So I certainly don’t want a third

[@eddielally2045]

for a chrome user it would take less than 10 mins to get used to firefox. Its the exact same as chrome, but its open source, and better security.

[@Budget_Prepper]

Firefox uses Google, dumbass.

[@fishhhvh]

Because firefox kinda sucks for the average user. If you want a pleasant experience on firefox you need some extensions and custom js files, which most of the population has no idea how to setup. It's also slower than chrome, and a lot of people seem to prefer speed over privacy...

[@youkofoxy]

Yes and no. There is only two major Web engines, blink and gecko. Who owns chrome will own Blink, while gecko belongs to Mozilla so far. There is other minors Browser engines. Also, the ratio is like 9 to 1, being 9 in favour of blink.

[@Awesome_Aasim]

Chrome doesn't solve the problem. What is needed is for Google to stop paying companies to change the default search to Google. Also the unbundling of Google's Android apps.

[@imeakdo7]

With that statement you would k***** Firefox.

[@s-qc9ns]

It's capitalism. Why shd they listen to you.

[@nuzayerov]

You can easily change it though. I tried others like DuckDuckGo for a while, while I loved them too, especially DuckDuckGo, I’ve been so accustomed to Google that I still use it for most cases. But if anyone wants to change I personally prefer DuckDuckGo

[@DesertRoamerUK]

Bing has entered the chat.

[@LiberalEntrepreneur]

Firefox will die without money from Google.

[@xsleep1]

Now break up Meta.

[@disregardthat]

then Amazon, then Apple

[@JaidenMercer-l6i]

​@@disregardthatdon't forget Microsoft

[@GoldenEDM_2018]

Hell yeah break up Shell, Boeing, Lockheed Martin too

[@reamsel]

Do people stil use facebook? havent been logged in for years, and instagram is just crappy full of ads. Also deleted that apps months ago

[@ItzAwsomeWasTaken]

@@disregardthatApple can’t even be broken up 😭 there is nothing to break.

[@anicetune]

Never mind Chrome, I wish someone would buy KZbin from them - and return it to its former glory.

[@mcg5888]

Yeah I'm sick of censorship here plus removing the like bar and among other things. I miss the old KZbin.

[@ambadimohanmr]

​@@mcg5888Like how Musk ruined Twitter

[@Jakob-g5f]

@@ambadimohanmr I hope US DOJ thinks about this.

[@boltez6507]

You'll are such naive and stupid, KZbin is a big liability even for Google,there aren't even a handful of companies that can risk running such a large liability.

[@Jake-gq1mg]

​@boltez6507 Yeah, there's only a handful of companies that could afford to run youtube. And google is probably one of the better ones.

[@somin3d1080p]

But it’s okay for Apple to have it’s monopoly with their ecosystem 🤔

[@skycloud4802]

And the likes of Nintendo and Sony keeping their consoles locked down with no alternative digital storefronts.

[@Jose04537]

The European Union is hammering them for that.

[@kanekeylewer5704]

How does apple have a monopoly? Their products are just heavily proprietary and user unfriendly. There are alternative products that have the same functionality, so there is no monopoly

[@kialuvsyoo]

Making their products only work with each other may be annoying, but it's not a monopoly.

[@Sponch1]

Apple is literally also under a DOJ investigation for iOS and app store policies.

[@NegativeOpposite]

I've been using Chrome for the longest time now I really hope they don't change anything.

[@mrsentencename7334]

Brave is better, albeit still based on chromium

[@filonin2]

Well they blocked adblockers recently, so I moved to Firefox. It's way faster too.

[@BunnyKhatri-pd8zm]

Use Firefox and be based.

[@syedumairali4345]

Typical NPC

[@poorsvids4738]

@@BunnyKhatri-pd8zm Firefox was a great browser... 15 years ago... Too many bad decisions and always behind the competition. I remember being surprised it didn't support HDR on Windows in 2020 and that is still the case.

[@supremachine]

Wtf why? It is not their fault Microsoft can't build anything good.

[@finnhaverkamp]

Ironically, Edge is basically Chrome

[@kanekeylewer5704]

@@finnhaverkamp yet still trash... hmm

[@Neptuniaone]

@@finnhaverkamp chrome but with a ton of useless features and microsoft trackers in new tab

[@mahirooyama9424]

Said Like google doesn’t have trackers too lol

[@PendingSense]

Edge is better then chrome if you compare the features. Stop spreading this bs

[@Bokoyo]

Time to delete your passwords that are saved in Chrome guys!

[@mho...]

if you safe your passwords in your browser, you are clueless about online safety anways....

[@TEMPOSHITFUN]

"If you're not using a password manager, you're a [REDACTED]!" - Kiwi Farms forum

[@kanekeylewer5704]

@@mho... chrome has a built in password manager that is encrypted so that only your local computer can see the raw data - they're perfectly safe. You are either unaware of password managers, or just saying dumb shit.

[@kialuvsyoo]

@@kanekeylewer5704 and because they said it, it's definitely true.

[@zenvio]

@@TEMPOSHITFUN tf

[@jamesy1613]

I don't agree we are forced to use Chrome with Google. I have not used Chrome on an Android phone for like 15 years, so I don't know how they're saying we are forced to use Chrome. You can just deactivate it or not use it just as easily as any other browser.

[@burlhorse61]

no one is forced to use chrome-but you get use to the ecosystem.just like apple

[@Isjan-og4ph]

You are a minority. Chrome owns major chunk, over 85%, of the market share.

[@oseqq]

Brave browser 🧡

[@youkofoxy]

Correct, however with google having power over the most popular Web browser, they can just grind and shape the internet their way. Is as if Elon owned 90% of the cars in the world, and decide that people should use the road his way. Thing is, the 10% or follow, or suffer.

[@Raddboy]

@@oseqq brave is based on chromium so that shit sucks

[@saeedahmed_40]

But the problem is if they sell Chrome it could potentially lead to Chromebooks being bricked. Google already has a chromium project available for everyone which Microsoft has to utilised with the edge browser. There's no reason for them to actually sell Chrome when the chromium project exists

[@HJRO]

So Google makes something so massively popular that it can't keep it because it has become a monopoly? How about other companies upping their game?

[@lyricsking754]

Its a report about Google Chrome but you showed a video of an old lady searching on Google, but used Safari on an iPhone. Lol.

[@MichaelBohemian]

Microsoft and amazon have clear monopolies but let's break up Google.

[@mydogeatspuke]

Apple, too.

[@squiddu]

i love all the comments like this here because they pretend like breaking up any part of google isn't just as monumental

[@MichaelBohemian]

@ no I agree that Google has a monopoly on the ad market being they run the buyer and seller side of web ads and others can't get it. I agree that Search goes too far when paying to be default in other platforms but also let's not act life Android didnt change the mobile landscape MORE than Apple being that it runs on everything from phones to TVs and is open sourced to be used by others and that Chrome in the same vein while dominant was a choice from every customer to download. Not mandatory like IE or Safari was for a while and still is on iOS. Chromium is open sourced too. Google is the only trillion dollar company giving away technology via open source that its own competitors use against it, Android, Chrome, Kubernetes in the cloud space. If they could find a way to open up ads and search for competitors to use as well I'm sure they would by comparison none of the others would do it besides possibly Facebook but only strategically.

[@pootispiker2866]

"No!! How else will we cripple ad blockers? "

[@longbeach225]

Exactly. They blocking me from installing ad blockers.

[@donut7907]

sorry, but i like the current setup. i dont want chrome to change.

[@YourPepsiDrink]

sorry, but i dont like the current setup. i want chrome to change. Sorry mate, but I think you got brainwashed by Google to induce the fact you want Chrome to stay like this.

[@Moobeus]

The only companies who could afford chrome are also monopolies in their own rights. Amazon, Microsoft, Apple etc

[@Mittzys]

If Amazon or OpenAI owned Chrome, that'd be even worse.

[@lovebutnosoilder]

It doesn't make any sense. Sell Chrome for $20 billion... only a monopoly could afford to buy Chrome. Crazy shit.

[@SamGoodDie]

I was waiting for Google to develop a free OS better than Windows for more than a decade and half now.

[@iPizzaSlice]

Fuchsia OS

[@robertr.7995]

Man, imagine Amazon having its own internet browser...

[@iPizzaSlice]

When you try to buy something in eBay or aliexpress it will redirect you to Amazon

[@JJs_playground]

Does the DoJ not know there are a handful of other browsers out there that people are willing to download and use.

[@wojtekpolska1013]

like what? the only one is Firefox and Safari. all other browsers are modified versions of Chrome (yes, Opera, Brave, Edge, etc. are all Chrome)

[@PiggyBonkers0309]

Is it just me or is the title a bit hard to read/understand

[@pimisi]

Why would you force a company to sell off parts of its business just because it’s doing so well? What guarantee do you have that whoever buys that part of the business will be able to sustain it and perform as well as the original company, which led you to force the sale in the first place?

[@birdstwin1186]

Yes it's strange. Chrome is web browser anyone can use or not use, Google is a search engine. Google creating Chrome has nothing to do with its web search business.

[@KingFinnch]

it's doing so well due to monopolistic practices, like installing google software on every android phone when there isn't an alternative OS for companies to use or forcing google to be the default search platform on a browser that it owns that occupies 80% of the global market or buying upstart companies on the basis that they may compete in the future with products google hasn't yet released

[@ricky100593]

you clearly have no idea what youre talking about

[@jacobsabian4386]

do you understand what a MONOPOLY is? do you understand what google has been doing in the tech world like the past 10 years?

[@badbad-cat]

Monopoly is not good in the long-term

[@bandersnatch6546]

Apple will happily buy Chrome and discontinue it

[@neothewon]

Imagine you invent a product, invest decades into it's development and finally start making a profit with your hard work. And then some random judge tells you that your product is now Not yours anymore!

[@Guiscardr]

That logic might fly with an individual or small team, but not a huge faceless multinational corporation.

[@NateMakesMusic]

boo hoo

[@avinashbasnet9322]

Exactly..Why would anyone wanna go big or pour their money into product or services so that one day they become so successful that you have to sell it because of some people who would have never made the same success had they were given same opportunity..🤷

[@IceBlueLugia]

Imagine acting like Google deserves this kind of sympathy

[@Michael-j4l3d]

​@@avinashbasnet9322it's called competition law/Antitrust legislation. Google has a considerable portfolio of websites and having control over the browser market as well enables them to shape their browser around their websites aspirations and phase out features their competitors use but they don't giving them an edge over the competition.

[@WhichDoctor1]

Who’d have thought, the billionaire who’s best friends with big tech thinks breaking up anti consumer monopolies is a bad idea

[@TheWizardsOfOz]

I think so far, Google and Chrome go ok together. We have to imagine it would probably be worse to sell it.

[@tataritka]

Then FB and Instagram, WhatsApp and Thread are next. Then Tesla, Starling and US government advisor positions also should come under radar

[@level4helmet]

Thats like seperating tyre from a car.

[@Isjan-og4ph]

No, not really. The Android phones bundle Chrome browser and the Google Search engine as the default option and 95% of the people never change their browsers and that is why this is happening with Google.

[@level4helmet]

@@Isjan-og4ph That's exactly like a car, why would a quality car manufacturers allow inferior parts inside. ☠️ Windows have Chrome bases Edge and bing as default, People use Bing and Edge to Download Chrome ☠️ because it sucks.

[@launchpending]

Right, nobody drives a Michelin or Yokohama

[@poorsvids4738]

@@Isjan-og4ph And a lot of computers come with Windows as the default operating system.

[@level4helmet]

@@launchpending OK but if Yokohama or Michelin started a car company and it becomes really good then they are asked to sell off tyre division and allow other companies tyre on their cars is retarded. Also if they push this through companies will be discouraged to expand furthur or invent and risk at new things in the future; Or move out the State completely to places which they are allowed to.

[@thabangprincejikwana6398]

Lol who is doing this for Apple? Nobody is touching Apple? Who are the main investors of Apple?

[@Der.Geschichtenerzahler]

KZbin: how are we gonna get rid of Ad Blockers now?

[@s-qc9ns]

Their main revenue source. Now you will have to pay money for watching KZbin videos.

[@mobarakjama5570]

@@s-qc9ns Lol, then KZbin will collapse.

[@Xgil2Play]

The guy at the end is speaking facts. Whoever buys Chrome will end up with a monopoly regardless.

[@TheStoicNinja]

"Google reacts angrily" is wild. Like, don't 100.000 people work there and don't like 1000 people own it? Which part are you guys talking about? All of them? Did they all collectively get angry at the same time?

[@endor8witch]

are you that dense? when they mention the company, it's the board of directors and management. no seriously, are you dense? this type of statement isn't new.

[@turnleft8645]

That's the most difficult, broken english title I've ever read on a BBC video... They need to change it

[@lyndaek99]

What's the sense in separating the search engine from the interface to best view the results? Next up Toyota can keep their engines but not allowed to own rest of the car because...BIG.

[@wojtek1582]

But Chrome is not interface for search but a browser which among many functionalities has that search. People are not forced to use Chrome. There are dozens other browsers. People are not forced to use Google search too. There are others. The problem is that most people do not see the need to use something else than Chrome (and they actually often intentionally install Chrome). Even on Windows where on default you have Edge with Bing. People install Chrome with Google. And now Google is to be punished for peoples choice... That's kind of stupid. "You made the product which most people likes, so you have to selll it because it is bad that people prefer it over other products".

[@seth4321]

EXACTLY

[@mikemondano3624]

I hope you're joking.

[@Wakish0069]

I would much rather regulate Google as a public utility instead

[@Coco-Loco]

You're not forced to use Chrome, you can use any browser you like. It's just the default one that's pre installed on your phone. The manufacturer can install their own web browsers or browsers of their choice too, like how Samsung has Samsung Internet pre installed. Its just that for people who don't know how to install apps well (like the older generation) the google apps serve as a really really good ad free default version whereas the alternatives can be ad ridden or compex to use. I dont get why attacking google on having good apps is a thing lol. The only valid argument I can think of is that google should not be allowed to force manufacturers to install google apps but then again, they're all running Android, which is a google service. And if manufacturers are allowed, they'll fill the device with apps that run on ads and users will have a harder time using their phone unless they install an alternative app. Also google apps are sort of a default where everyone knows them

[@kybble]

I dont browse websites on my phone. When I truly want to browse internet I use my PC and FireFox. So it dont effect me but government should butt out.

[@squiddu]

it's been found that, even given the choice, people most often actively choose chrome from a force of habit, so regardless they keep a super high market share and benefit from all the extra ad revenue and user data and such. and I can't remember the last time a search engine or browser was filled with ads. you just wanna pretend like Google's apps are good. they are not, we just got complacent.

[@kybble]

@@squiddu nope never use chome I use and have always used FireFox.

[@jerryzhu966]

Not really Google's fault. Don't know anyone that uses Bing that are happy.

[@1Dome]

Me

[@dezon4976]

Why buy chrome for millions of dollars when you can just download it for free 🤦‍♂️

[@shanes.6227]

What about Micro$oft? They basically have had monopoly over the computer industry since the 90s. Also, Chrome winning the browser war isn't really a monopoly. Chrome got popular because IE and Firefox were dog shit.

[@level1865]

Microsoft had a similar anti trust in the 2000s

[@jublywubly]

Firefox is far better than Chrome. Chrome is designed to spy on users.

[@rydekk-4644]

Firefox was never dogshit.

[@build_66]

​@@rydekk-4644opening webpage is slow and chrome is faster

[@mjjones1045]

I don't understand how so many people are okay with the government telling a company to sell their property that they built without the government's help. This is crazy

[@YourPepsiDrink]

I don't understand how so many people are okay with defending Google about owning Chrome and still want that bs in it. This is crazy (if you think im a bot then congrats you got brainwashed by google)

[@lexruptor]

Google isn't monopolizing the search market, Bing exists. It just sucks ngl.

[@Infernal_Puppet]

Google pays pretty much everyone they can to make Google the default search choice. Google and Bing suck because there is no competition and the results are optimized to generate advertising revenue instead of being useful or safe

[@Isjan-og4ph]

Google was declared an illegal monopoly by a US judge recently and the unethical practices they used is the reason Chrome owns over 85% of the market share. That is why Google needs to be broken into different companies.

[@SmartDumbNerdyCool]

There's too much to search on the internet. I often wonder how smaller sites are ever found?

[@Infernal_Puppet]

@@SmartDumbNerdyCool most of the search results on page 1 are garbage. Its SEO crap that is lifted from reddit comments or AI generated. Try using google without an adblocker and count how many of the results are ads before you get to real results, and then how many results are junk before you get to something useful. Google search is now pay to play, you pay them to make your site appear first on the list as an ad, or you pay a firm to boost your search result rankings. Of course Google knows this, they optimize the search experience to get people to unknowingly click on ads instead of natural results. The web is a lot smaller than people think because most of the real content is buried under crap.

[@mattwolf7698]

​@@Infernal_Puppetand changing it is extremely easy

[@abethegamerful]

Google Chrome was downloaded by people that specifically wanted to use Google as their search engine and not want crappy engines like Bing or Duck Duck go which are 99% ads. If it went to another company people will just jump to another browser. Maybe Firefox is brought back to life?

[@Kenjiro_Uchiha]

Don’t need to sell it. Make it Open-Sourced, let the world have it. Problem solved.

[@poorsvids4738]

They already did that. Chrome's competitors such as Edge and Opera are forks of Chrome.

[@kanekeylewer5704]

@@poorsvids4738 Neither edge or opera are open source. They are based on open source projects, this is not the same

[@Neptuniaone]

@@poorsvids4738 Chromium, not chrome.

[@BLSX1]

Have you ever heard of Chromium? It is basically 'Google Chrome' without Google. Although Chromium is maintained by Google and Chromium community, it is open source and used by other developers .

[@josemcgomes]

That's what the Chromium project is.

[@spandanmusser]

That tech reporter looks like he rolled out of bed just in time to record this interview

[@MoonThuli]

Good. The quality of Google search results has gone down enormously over the last few years with shoddy ai summaries, way more advertising and search engine optimised spam websites getting to the top of the list of results. If Google wasn't such a monopoly then they'd have to keep standards up to be competitive like they used to be.

[@4znice]

Cool now sue microsoft and make them sell windows for monopoly 😎

[@mikemondano3624]

Google far overstepped its bounds. Now, the end is nigh, like AT&T. All Google ever wanted was everything.

[@vi950]

We already have a lot of alternatives to Chrome. What they should be doing is forcing Google to sell its app store, or make sure that all google apps dont come pre-installed on Android.

[@wojtekpolska1013]

a lot? there are only 2 - Firefox and Safari, neither aviable on android (Firefox for Android is based on Chrome, its only it's own thing on pc) Edge, Opera, Brave, etc. are all based on Chrome

[@Aramis444]

This is good actually. Google controlling chrome means they are basically in control of the internet. Most browsers are using chrome as its base. And that comes with bowing down to how they want you to view the internet. Ads, and everything else they decide. This is a good thing for consumers. One company shouldn’t have that much control.

[@LowPolyAddict]

British people when they think google = chrome

[@some5672]

literally suffering from success

[@ForumArcade]

You have been here for a long time.

[@Admiral-General_Aladeen]

Well yes because that success includes an illegal monopoly

[@some5672]

@@Admiral-General_Aladeen It only became illegal because it became too successful. So the legality of it came afterwards. An illegal monopoly is a silly thing. Imagine discovering a cure to cancer, it's made from one specific person's blood. Now this person can either keep it for himself or they HAVE to sell it to other companies otherwise it's a monopoly. I don't like Google but I believe if you create/invent or innovate something, you should be able keep the rights to it. It's not like other companies can't try and recreate Chrome or even make a better version of it.

[@ricky100593]

youre so stupid

[@mho...]

@@Admiral-General_Aladeen its not tho.... there are many good browsers out there!, never used chrome myself, ever!

[@junzhengca]

Other companies will buy Chrome for what? Other than large advertising businesses, I don't see any reason for any company to take on the burden to maintain Chrome.... And if you sell to other large advertising business, like Meta or even Microsoft, that's a weak argument, you are just transferring something to another monopoly.

[@chrisregister8021]

People choosing to use their service over other services is not being a monopoly.

[@user-ri2qd4tg7o]

Google is a monopoly

[@vaishakhvarma]

​@@user-ri2qd4tg7oand people choose it over other browser. What's ur point

[@mydogeatspuke]

Only about 60% of people, too. The rest use other browsers. A monopoly implies there is no alternative.

[@YuvrajNigade-r9u]

They built a good browser They shouldnt be forced to sell a product they perfected It is our fault that we are overdependant on chrome Little basic tech research will bring many good alternatives Like brave, ddg etc

[@davidmxgreen]

The Chrome browser is part of the Google operation with the apps to such an extent that selling it makes life more complicated in a way not in the public interest probably. The Chrome browser has very beneficially improved web standard methods.

[@multidimensional_holographer]

For decades they had this massive monopoly. But have they produced innovations similar to those of Bell labs?

[@Apocalypticism]

Forcing a company to sell parts of it's business just doesn't sit well with me, other companies can make a better browser

[@pingpong-kv6eq]

Yeah i dont understand their reasoning behind this braindead idea

[@Isjan-og4ph]

Google was declared an illegal monopoly by a US judge recently and the unethical practices they used is the reason Chrome owns over 85% of the market share. That is why Google needs to be broken into different companies.

[@Infernal_Puppet]

Google and big tech actively sabotage the competition by arbitrarily changing web standards to make it hard for any smaller competitors to keep up and sometimes sabotage the performance of browsers that aren’t chrome by limiting streaming services quality. You only have two choices for browsers now: Chrome, Edge, and Brave are all based on Chromium which is largely controlled by Google. And then you have Firefox and its forks.

[@BabyGrinch23]

That's a very childish and insincere way of looking at it. Google currently has one of the worst search engines on the market, before when you searched for something the most important thing was to give you the result you were looking for, for now the most important thing is that you stay in the search engine until you find what you are looking for because that way they make more money , not to mention that the first results you get are advertisements. The point is that Google has such a strong hold on the market that it can afford to harm users and give them a worse experience in order to make more money. Antitrust organizations try to avoid that, but many politicians bought by companies avoid it. Do you like to kneel to multimillion-dollar companies?

[@alanharper23]

Well that's the problem. They can't make a better browser because Google pays billions to suppress competition and prevent others from acquiring the data needed to produce a viable competition.

[@onurerk]

Users are free to use alternative browsers. It is users fault for not doing so. I think more monopoly concerns are around forced Google search engine on other browsers, Google Ad space and KZbin

[@freezinginferno2106]

I don’t think I’d feel comfortable using chrome if google didn’t own it

[@Strobenz]

And that's how you know Google owns you

[@TanyaM-yp7gk]

I'm curious: Couldn't Google simply form a separate company, a subsidiary may still draw DOJ attention, but a separate company altogether and buy back its own Chrome product? I really would like an answer to this question. Is this action done under the Sherman Act? I'm so curious.

[@ViktorKitov]

Too many Google bootlickers in the comments.

[@Paulakat517]

If there's no room for competition thats a clear sign you're operating a monopoly.

I understand the importance of dealing with this and all but it really feels like a bad thing for consumers who like Google and trust them and their products, if the products suddently aren't Google anymore.

[@mikemondano3624]

If you trust them, you drank too much KoolAid. They know everything about you and where you are every second of every day. What they do with all that data would give you nightmares.

[@jmg9509]

The irony is that Chrome is so massive that the only entities that can buy it are almost monopolies themselves, although in slightly different industries.

[@emptyhad2571]

You can use other web browsers

[@DippedToast]

_Most of them are based off of Chromium_

[@sickofit1574]

Chrome is synonymous with Google, this seems like a stupid idea. And if you want to use a chrome based browser that has been degoogled there are tons of options anyway. Make them sell KZbin or Waze or something, not their flagship product.

[@reezdog]

Mc Donald's should buy Chrome.

[@pingpong-kv6eq]

That would be very interesting

[@Mr.1.i]

The Chinese will put a bid in for sure

[@mglsj]

Edge: Dad do you love me? Microsoft: Yes my child 😏

[@mobarakjama5570]

Edge is better than chrome.

[@Jarismic]

We all know microsoft wants chrome so bad

[@youkofoxy]

For those that do not know, Google Owns: A DNS (thing that solves internet addresses) A search engine, the most used. A web browser engine, blink, that is about 90% of the market. In car terms, they own the engine that goes into 9 out of 10 cars in the road, they own the most popular place search, and they also own a freaking map business. Meaning that google can effectively decide where people can go, what business can thrive and even who get to be on the map at all.

[@launchpending]

People will say "but I use brave!" and not consider anything further

[@GoldenEDM_2018]

Is sucess their fault?

[@launchpending]

@GoldenEDM_2018 inasmuch as it was the result of illegal antitrust activities, so says the court

[@wojtekpolska1013]

@@GoldenEDM_2018 yep because they broke the law to prevent new companies taking their place

[@GoldenEDM_2018]

@wojtekpolska1013 how did they prevent new companies

[@kbrizy7490]

Honestly-this whole monopoly thing has been good for consumers. I like that everything is connected. The idea of them losing chrome feels like a big loss. So much of their capability as a company is served thru chrome. This feels annoying to me.

[@caynebyron]

Can this dude like just not afford a haircut before appearing on TV? Or even just a comb?

[@jezhou-dev]

Google selling Chrome only to talk about Amazon or OpenAI buying Chrome feels like a joke

[@ItsDeffoScott]

Browser monopoly, how? They have a video platform monopoly

[@timothyshiu2263]

Chrome? Netflix? Tesla? iPhone? Amazon? Are these stocks gonna crashed?

[@3Zclap]

how is it there fault? when people choose to use google? computers come with edge my phone comes with its own browser ETC ETC the first thing i always do is install google because its just better and more convenient how is it a monopoly when its the users choice?

[@trevor2001]

Did that guy just wake up and go on global news from his bedroom.

[@harris.sensorsoffline6419]

It should be a crime to breakup sonething that you built from ground. I dont know why Gov has so much control on things they shouldnt be concerned with.

[@pieceofshitzu2]

Lmao built from the ground? I'd agree with you if we were still stuck in 2005- but Google and other electronic companies buy out smaller companies and then either adopt their technology or put them out of business. These aren't your nerds in a garage company anymore- this is global entertainment, technology, and data empires with backings up to the trillions

[@filonin2]

Maybe look into why monopolies are a bad thing. It seems you skipped middle school history.

[@vornamenachname1572]

Yeah, don' t forget to swallow, corporate sissy

[@mattwolf7698]

​@@filonin2I agree that monopolies are bad but this isn't like Standard Oil. There's plenty of browser choice's. If somebody is too stupid to spend 20 seconds installing a different browser I don't think the company should be forced to sell it

[@heian17]

​@@filonin2 there are many many browsers and search engines out there

[@TacticalRuse]

I think they should split android and youtube off. But even then youtubes gonna suffer because their storage is subsidized by their other services.

[@adamdoeslife]

Forcing a company to sell a business isn't a path i think we should be taking.

[@filonin2]

Naw, we need more monopolies. In fact, only one company should own everything.

[@adamdoeslife]

@@filonin2 'everything'? 🤣

[@burlhorse61]

@@filonin2 but the market was open-just that google got so much better.yrs ago i used several search engines

[@akhilbabu_]

I would be angry too if i had to sell chrome.

[@mangoarcher3298]

That makes no sense. Why can the govt make Google sell something they developed themselves?

[@elciquito8159]

yeah, I agree is very unfair. Years of development just for someone to take it away.

[@huwkan]

@@elciquito8159 they sell it for a value - so not taken away.

[@Patrick-y4d1z]

It's to stop monopolisation and effectively to protect consumers. For example, if Google has the solely used search engine, operating system, video streaming site etc etc etc, they can basically control what you see from almost any perspective.

[@mangoarcher3298]

@@Patrick-y4d1z Then give benefits to other search engines and other apps so that they can flourish. Forcing you to sell something you've created is not a power that government should have.

[@samfromuk796]

To stop google abusing it's position. It's already censoring search results and youtube videos for Zionists to hide the their atrocities in Gaza

[@vale-zk3ut]

This is ridiculous. Even if another company bought it, Chrome would still be in the Google ecosystem, effectively defeating the whole purpose of selling it off. You can take Chrome out of Google (LLC), but you CAN'T take Google out of Chrome. At that point, it becomes an entirely different browser

[@RichardDepledge]

Leave my chrome alone please. It's the only one that is any good. Imagine having to use Microsoft edge for things 🤢

[@burlhorse61]

i hate edge-windows is always try to get you to use it as a default browser

[@hallowedearth]

there are literally 100s of other browsers and search engines to use. use FIREFOX ffs

[@vornamenachname1572]

Yep, let all companies run wild to avoid a minor inconvenience for Richard. Don't forget to swallow, Dick!

[@mattwolf7698]

Firefox also Chromium

[@hourbee5535]

Donald and Elon will not let this stand!

[@hallowedearth]

oh they will haha

[@NickFinco]

Who would want it? It doesn't make money. Ads does.

[@tremarley9648]

As there’s no company who could support or afford Chrome. People are proposing an ‘internet tax’ for users to support it

[@RichardStrong86]

Google's mistake was pushing for standardisation of web standards and developing their own solution. Should have just waited for some random company to do nothing for years.

[@giorgikochuashvili3891]

don't sell Chrome to openAi it will turn it into a data collectin machine. I mean it already is but like it will become 10 times worse

[@djspectrein]

Now what about apple, for forcing user not to leave their platform?