Comment by ivraatiems
1 year ago
It says something about how universally despised Google and other tech giants are that two presidential administrations who are so acrimonious and diametrically opposed that they have spent much of their time destroying everything the previous one did agree on it.
I genuinely can't think of anyone, of any political stripe, outside of Google and its employees and investors, who thinks Google should have the power it has now. Honestly, the degree of pushback this is getting on HN is shocking to me. Google is massively anti-competitive and spends a ton of energy hurting startups to its own benefit.
I hope the DOJ gets its way on this, and I hope they aggressively pursue anti-trust actions against other organizations in similar positions - Oracle, Epic Systems, and Meta all come to mind.
Destroying Google’s ability to develop Chrome means that the web dies faster than it already is.
Apple would prefer everyone use native apps, they run an app store. Most companies prefer apps, you can’t modify or inspect them or easily block ads within them. Apps can trap users inside embedded browsers with app-based surveillance, like when you click profile links in Instagram or TikTok.
The world without a free high quality browser is a worse one.
Why would Chrome not being a part of Google mean the world would lack a free, high-quality browser?
Is Safari low quality? Is Firefox not free?
What about Edge and all the other browsers that run based on Chromium?
More competition would be better.