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by sangupta 574 days ago
Just thinking: So, Google makes life easier for users by creating Chrome and getting us respite from IE. When they moved the web really forward and way faster than others (Edge/Opera switched to Chromium too) - the DOJ wants them to give it away. It's like raising an exceptional child only to be asked to be adopted when they grow to be an adult.
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chomp 574 days ago
Your analogy isn’t accurate because the child wasn’t exceptional, it only exists a vehicle for maintaining Google’s ad dominance.

It’s like raising an exceptional child who is a criminal and having people come out of the woodwork saying “he was so good, he didn’t do anything wrong”

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sangupta 574 days ago
Agreed that it brings search dominance. But, it's like siblings helping each other out in life. A child excelled in a field where other failed. Now this child also helps promote his/her sibling's business.

Many Apple products only connect with other Apple products. Microsoft keeps poking/pushing to use Edge on Microsoft. Brave browser did eat into share and made a mark.

What is stopping from other kids in the field (FF, Edge, Opera etc) to be better, beat Chrome and also blocks ads?

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pllbnk 574 days ago
You are one comment too far with your analogy. Continuing comparing a browser with a child and a corporation with a family is not helping your case.

Analogies work fine for shallow understanding, but like comparing electricity with flow of water inside the pipes, they very quickly break down once you get a bit deeper into the subject.

To make my point clearer, building a browser is not like raising a child, because building a browser is just coding: need more features - hire more developers. They built Chrome not for the good of humanity but for the benefit of their commercial interests.

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orev 574 days ago
The removal of Manifest v2 support clearly shows there’s a conflict of interest there. The best thing for users is to allow ad blocking, but the best thing for Google is to not allow it. Since they’re choosing to impede/reduce those capabilities, we can clearly see who’s getting the benefit.

I know there are other arguments against Manifest v2, but they seem like parallel construction to justify the “real” reason.

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