The entire framing of this post is wrong anyway (unsurprising, since it's just content marketing slop). This isn't something that the DOJ just decides on. They're the plaintiffs, not the judge or jury. Instead it's the remedy the DOJ asked for from the courts.
I mean, Microsoft would surely love to be the browser leader again. The web has always been an amazing device and OS neutral platform play, which is why they entered the space in the first place. Do I expect this to happen? No I do not, but there is clearly a huge value to owning the most popular web browser. Safari is a distant second and is probably 98% iPhone usage.
Will google be able to appeal ?
If so this celebration is a bit premature. In 2 months a different party takes over and I can see echos of 2001 and Microsoft here.
Extensively discussed over the last week:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42206590
The entire framing of this post is wrong anyway (unsurprising, since it's just content marketing slop). This isn't something that the DOJ just decides on. They're the plaintiffs, not the judge or jury. Instead it's the remedy the DOJ asked for from the courts.
Someone buys Chrome. What will be the business model?
What's Mozilla corp's?
I mean, Microsoft would surely love to be the browser leader again. The web has always been an amazing device and OS neutral platform play, which is why they entered the space in the first place. Do I expect this to happen? No I do not, but there is clearly a huge value to owning the most popular web browser. Safari is a distant second and is probably 98% iPhone usage.
It depends on who will buy it.
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