Comment by justahuman74
6 days ago
What is the actual asset to buy precisely? The code is already mostly open. You'd be paying for a user base who could leave at any moment?
6 days ago
What is the actual asset to buy precisely? The code is already mostly open. You'd be paying for a user base who could leave at any moment?
Users could switch from Google search at any moment, would you say search is not an actual asset to buy?
User has to choose search engine once. During every install of Chrome I see forced selection of search engine.
This is most likely an EU special, because Chrome doesn't even remotely do that in the US or Japan.
They can already do that.
Chrome is funded by Google search.
Why would anyone buy it without Google search?
Yes, they can, so it's not an asset???
The answer to your question is simple - because you can get funded by Google to keep its search the default
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The trademarks, the team, and the infrastructure. Mozilla spun out of Netscape exactly like that, with the trademarks, part of the team and part of the infra.
The monetization is up to the spinoff or acquirer to figure out.
The team would dismantle pretty quickly once they stop receiving Google stock grants.
For something supposedly valueless, Google are really interested in keeping it!
If that hadn't forked WebKit DOJ would have to prove collusion instead.