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Google Should Be Forced to Sell Chrome Browser, Justice Department Says

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I have seen some estimates of $20B for Chrome, the question is who would be the buyer? It would certainly be a very large company to put that that much capital in "free" software; and the only way to monetize it would be to sell of the search rights; so what does that really solve?

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and the only way to monetize it would be to sell of the search rights; so what does that really solve?

I agree.

I suppose the thinking is that it is similar to when traditionally breaking up other monopolies in the past. It isn�t a problem for the parts to be mon�tised but they they should be not in the hands of one owner.

But as you say only the likes of Meta, Microsoft, etc, would be in the position to buy chrome, risking another search monopoly.

The anti-monopoly case could be to limit buyers, but then they would hugely lower the sale value and argued as deemed unfair.

Fascinating nuances.

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