InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agoA federal judge ruled that Google had a monopoly on the search market. Google & the government are in court to debate penalties. One possible result: forcing Google to spin off Chrome.www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@hexbear.net
arrow-up159arrow-down1external-linkA federal judge ruled that Google had a monopoly on the search market. Google & the government are in court to debate penalties. One possible result: forcing Google to spin off Chrome.www.npr.orgInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square3fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@hexbear.net
minus-squarewuphysics87@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoWhat does “divesting chrome” mean in practice? You have chromium, which is open source, and the google “hat” it wears to make chrome. So google’s gotta give the hat to someone else?
minus-squarecame_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month agoit means the head of development for chrome will have to fill out new direct deposit forms to continue receiving their NSA consultantcy pay.
minus-squarehexinvictus [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoIt means that Microsoft was better at “lobbying”
What does “divesting chrome” mean in practice? You have chromium, which is open source, and the google “hat” it wears to make chrome. So google’s gotta give the hat to someone else?
it means the head of development for chrome will have to fill out new direct deposit forms to continue receiving their NSA consultantcy pay.
It means that Microsoft was better at “lobbying”