If Google is forced to sell Chrome, is anything stopping them from simply developing another Chromium based browser and immediately beginning to siphon customers from what is now the competition?
Because that seems to be something that would seriously limit the value of the browser.
It's a gimmick to get publicity. But if it happens, the company has to generate revenue to pay it off.
Guess how browser makers make money off a 'free' product?
Google, being evil: "Sold!"
In cash?
The US is taking a cut from chip sales (Nvidia and AMD) to China - what does it mean?
Unusual. Quid pro quo. Unprecedented.
That is some of the reaction to news that two of the world's tech giants will pay the US government 15% of their revenue from selling certain advanced chips to China. Industry watchers, former government advisers, policy makers and trade experts have been giving their views on the deal.
The news comes mere months after the Trump administration banned the sale of these chips to China, citing national security concerns.
That ban was lifted in mid-July. And now it seems the US government will go a step further - becoming a part of these American firms' business with China.
And critics argue that is both confusing and worrying.
If they at least did 100-200bn... But this is probably mostly to signal to the US courts that there are parties interested/fianancially able to buy Chrome and to establish them as a bidder when/if Chrome actually should be sold. Also, just getting attention on Perplexity AI whose products are losing comparative advantage rapidly as the AI firms add search capability to their models.
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