Comment on Perplexity wants to buy Google Chrome for $34.5 billion, twice the company's value

Hirom@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don’t. This is fundamentally worse than Google owning Chrome.

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  • Sina@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think Chrome inevitably losing a lot of market share could be a pretty good result for the web.

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    • HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Will it? Twitter is a Nazi bar, but it still has a large customer base.

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      • belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        And nothing of value would be lost when the nazi bar closes down

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  • Aquaphobi@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What’s wrong with perplexity owning chrome?

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    • HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The reason to own a browser is to shape the Internet to your company’s favor.

      Internet Explorer was designed to ensure web apps would be hard to build, helping to ensure the Windows monopoly.

      Chrome was designed to open the Internet, but tie it to Google search and keep Internet browsing lucrative for advertising, helping to benefit Ad Sense.

      An AI startup owning Chrome is probably going to be the biggest privacy nightmare since Copilot.

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      • Aquaphobi@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Thank you for the insight

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• Mwa@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Same

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• sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Please share

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  • Midnitte@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Turning the most popular browser further into an AI hellscape.

    Influencing how every other browser (minus Firefox’s minuscule marketshare) functions via the engine.

    On the other hand, no longer under googles control.

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    • anachronist@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Google is doing/will be doing all this anyway, combined with a search, maps, youtube, email, etc monopoly.

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      • Midnitte@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I did list no longer being controlled by Google 🤷🏻‍♂️

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  • SebaDC@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    In order to better understand the user, their prompts, etc and to be able to fully modify websites, these AIs need access to the DOM.

    This is made much more easier if you integrate your AI to a browser.

    So, in theory, the AI could understand what your are currently researching, profile your interest, and provide you answers before you even made a prompt.

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    • Midnitte@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Just imagine, a corporate hellscape inspired by Minority Report!

      <buzzlightyear.meme>

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      • SebaDC@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        “Slaves… Slaves everywhere…”

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