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[NeoGiffer]

 

[Tams]

Alphabet made the internet better, nothing is on part with google search, chromium or youtube.

*on par

Anyway, Chrome has been terrible for the browser market. We used to have at least four major browser engines. Now we have three at most, but essentially one.

Chromium is an absolute pig of a browser engine. But then again, so is Android as an OS.

 

[Zathalus]

I think it would be extremely foolish to assume anything about what the DOJ will and won't be doing in the near future, given the changes it will be undergoing soon.

This certainly doesn't feel like something that is likely to be pursued...

The whole thing started under Trump I believe, and Trump is certainly no friend of Google. But then again… it's Trump. Anything goes.

 

[Mattyp]

Tesla group purchases chrome? trying to think of other companies with the capital but not in the environment.

 

[BlackTron]

Can someone make them regret webp now?

 

[Laptop1991]

i'm hopeful this will be a good thing, i stopped using Chrome a year and a half ago, after using it for 10 years +, it became a nightmare with ads and tracking etc, hopefully Chrome will improve if it's sold off.

 

[Trilobit]

*on par

Anyway, Chrome has been terrible for the browser market. We used to have at least four major browser engines. Now we have three at most, but essentially one.

Chromium is an absolute pig of a browser engine. But then again, so is Android as an OS.

The problem I see is how Google buys up smaller companies that could be rivals in the future. So it very much stifles competition. And I say that as someone with an Android phone and who likes Google's services. But it's always good when the market gets new blood with fresh new ideas that are allowed to bloom.

 

[Valonquar]

Meanwhile Firefox be like:

 

[Unknown?]

I don't use Chrome as my default browser so I welcome this. Brave is fantastic.

I do like Brave but its still chromium. Librewolf ftw!

 

[Unknown?]

Alphabet made the internet better, nothing is on part with google search, chromium or youtube.

Google search sucks ass and Odysee is way better than Corporate Tube. YouTube was better before Google.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Is there any other company that can maintain and update Chromium (backend for most modern browsers) competently? I would rather they regulate YouTube.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Meanwhile Firefox be like:

80% of Mozilla's budget comes from Google, which the DOJ also wants to stop. Without Google both browsers are in trouble, even though I agree with the action.

 

[Puscifer]

i'm hopeful this will be a good thing, i stopped using Chrome a year and a half ago, after using it for 10 years +, it became a nightmare with ads and tracking etc, hopefully Chrome will improve if it's sold off.

Chrome got infinitely better after Microsoft had their engineers get involved. It took nearly 20 years to fix the ram issue that was resolved with a single code update from Microsoft. Google's culture of moving on to the next thing has bit them in the ass multiple times.

Edit: I should say one difference between Microsoft and Google is that Microsoft by design they support products longer. Office 2016 is still getting security updates and bug fixes. I wonder how many people involved with chrome are still around if at all? Because they're culture has such a "move around or get fired" mentality they'd rather hire a "senior developer" than promote one that's been contributing to the code for X amount of years

 

[Tams]

80% of Mozilla's budget comes from Google, which the DOJ also wants to stop. Without Google both browsers are in trouble, even though I agree with the action.

Considering that Mozilla:

• Could charge for their product.
• Are leaders in going woke.
• Their browser has been a pig for years now.

I couldn't care less if they disappear as they have made no real attempts to build a viable business. It'd be bad for what little of the browser market still exists, but so be it.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Considering that Mozilla:

• Could charge for their product.
• Are leaders in going woke.
• Their browser has been a pig for years now.

I couldn't care less if they disappear as they have made no real attempts to build a viable business. It'd be bad for what little of the browser market still exists, but so be it.

I mean, I agree, but Mozilla is not cackling like a witch at all this, they are in deep shit.

I hope that the Firefox spin-off projects can get together and keep building Gecko; there are shockingly few browser engines out there so a single vulnerability could affect everyone.