What's the business model for the Chrome business if it's split off?
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If finding a business model other than "loss-leader for monopolist" for a piece of software used by billions of people is an intractable problem, that in itself is a more scathing indictment of the entire industry than anything I could come up with
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Replying to @ravikanodia @Pinboard
You aren't wrong - the entire industry is a completely mess. But if you break it off without having a clue about this, then it'll just die and that doesn't help anything.
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Well, to refute my own argument, at least that would stop letting Google use it to take over.
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It’s a good question: I assume it’s the Firefox model. But what it means is that Google Search, Google web apps, and the ex-Google browser all make their decisions based on market pressure, not based on back-channel coordination.
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Replying to @hyperpape @mhkohne and
If that’s not Pinboard’s expectation about what would happen, I hope he’ll correct me, because I had the same question, and this is all I could come up with.
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I'm not sure I understand the question; can you restate it?
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Sure, short version is: do you think there’s a business mode for an independent chrome that sustains similar levels of engineering effort as it has today? If so, what?
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Replying to @hyperpape @Pinboard and
One legitimate answer is “I don’t know and don’t care”, but that won’t satisfy everyone.
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No, I think it's an important question. I don't think an independent Chrome can exist at the same scale as the current one within Google, but I also remember the days when Google itself had no business model to speak of. Browsers are useful and there are creative minds here!
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Replying to @Pinboard @hyperpape and
ProtonMail and DuckDuckGo are two businesses that market successfully on privacy. A Chrome that was not trying to serve two masters, and could really focus on privacy, might be able to get people to... actually pay for it!
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