@sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 8 months agoPerplexity wants to buy Google Chrome for $34.5 billion, twice the company's value9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down10cross-posted to: news
arrow-up158arrow-down1external-linkPerplexity wants to buy Google Chrome for $34.5 billion, twice the company's value9to5google.com@sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square29fedilinkcross-posted to: news
minus-square@npdean@lemmy.todaylinkfedilink5•8 months agoIf they have 34.5 billion lying around, why don’t they make a new browser themselves?
minus-square@craftrabbit@lemmy.ziplinkfedilink8•8 months agoMaking a new browser is easy. They want to buy a near monopoly over the browser market, not a browser.
minus-square@npdean@lemmy.todaylinkfedilink1•8 months ago Making a new browser is easy. Then why doesn’t anyone else do it? We have only 3 real browsers.
minus-square@sabreW4K3@lazysoci.alOPlinkfedilink7•8 months 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