mhoyeKeep in mind that "buys chrome" means "buys the automatic updater that can install arbitrary code on computers that run chrome".
(Also, “sells chrome” means “selling google”. The buyer effectively owns the main access path to all Google’s revenue sources so…)
Cassandrich@mhoye And yet *still* fucking "infosec professionals" will treat me like a child or a tinfoil-hat-wearing kook for insisting that automated updates are a malicious antifeature.
@mhoye Heads up "infosec professionals":
YOUR EMPLOYERS ARE THE THREAT.
solo@mhoye I want google to divest from chrome, but not Like This (though tbh I actually would rather that they divest from android over divesting from chrome, but that's my opinion)
tipjip@mhoye
Making chrome quickly unusable would be an interesting way to open the browser race up again, though.
Making chrome quickly unusable would be an interesting way to open the browser race up again, though.
Csillag Tamás@mhoye The main point is buying customers here.
Stefan Scholl@mhoye I think there’s some context missing. What happens to Chrome?
Stryder Notavi@Stefan_S_from_H @mhoye It may be sold off to Perplexity.AI in the near future - https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/12/perplexity_takes_shine_to_chrome/
@StryderNotavi @Stefan_S_from_H that was a marketing cycle thing that will never actually happen.