Chrome and Android should be spun off into independent companies.
this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2024
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Indeed, and frankly Chrome should be operated as a non profit because browsers have become an essential service.
True. Same for Android. I feel this should be part of the approach. Splitting it while still having them be private companies would likely either:
A) result in no real change (instead of allocating budgets within Google, they'll just exchanges money through deals and partnerships, as separate companies)
B) result in more monetization and commercialization schemes being shaved into those projects in order to be profitable.
Absolutely.
The only reason Chrome has been slowing down the deprecation of 3rd party cookies is because it would make it harder to do privacy invading tracking, and thus, would make Google less money.
No browser benefits from tracking. Only ad companies do.
Indeed, it's a huge conflict of interest for an ad company to operate the most popular browser. Google being the gatekeeper for the internet is a really terrible situation for the web as a whole.
When's Microsoft
Lina Khan has a snowball's chance in the FTC under Trump.
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