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DOJ to ask judge to force Google to sell off Chrome, Bloomberg reports (neuters.de)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wouldn't it put Firefox on a pickle? Say Chrome gets bought out of Google's hands, would they still bother to pay half a billion to Firefox to stay as the default search engine? Could Firefox survive being financially independent?

[โ€“] WildPalmTree 4 points 2 weeks ago

I'd assume they would be willing to pay even more.