sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 month agoPerplexity wants to buy Google Chrome for $34.5 billion, twice the company's value9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down10
arrow-up158arrow-down1external-linkPerplexity wants to buy Google Chrome for $34.5 billion, twice the company's value9to5google.comsabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square30linkfedilink
minus-squarenpdean@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoIf they have 34.5 billion lying around, why don’t they make a new browser themselves?
minus-squarecraftrabbit@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 month agoMaking a new browser is easy. They want to buy a near monopoly over the browser market, not a browser.
minus-squarenpdean@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month ago Making a new browser is easy. Then why doesn’t anyone else do it? We have only 3 real browsers.
minus-squaresabreW4K3@lazysoci.alOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoMaking a browser is ridiculously hard. Getting people to use it even harder.
If they have 34.5 billion lying around, why don’t they make a new browser themselves?
Making a new browser is easy. They want to buy a near monopoly over the browser market, not a browser.
Then why doesn’t anyone else do it? We have only 3 real browsers.
Making a browser is ridiculously hard. Getting people to use it even harder.
Netscape or go home