@sesivany The whole idea of forcing a sale while forbidding search deals at the same time prevents almost every possible sustainable future for Chromium and even the web as a whole to a certain extent.
@ondra @sesivany Are you sure that subsidising Chrome development with ad money has been good for the browser (as a user agent) and the web?
@ondra they are not forbidding search deals. They can still sign search deals with anyone who doesn't have dominant share in the market.
They were just used to easy money model where they help Google cement its market share and get annual money for it.
I understand it is an unpleseant change for them, albeit a necessary one.
@ondra Yes, Mozilla and others who have made living from search deals with Google.
@sesivany The DOJ's plan is to forbid Chrome (with 2/3+ market share) from making those deals. That will remove most of the current funding from the ecosystem. I'd actually be for a predictable phase-out of search deals but why force the sale of Chrome at the same time? Or force the sale but keep the revenue that keeps Mozilla and others afloat.
@zoul @sesivany I'm sure it hasn't. Do we have a better model? Will it be ready before Chrome is inevitably bought by someone with a significantly worse revenue stream? Mozilla is already trying to switch to the ad-supported model and diversify into AI to save its ass.
Applauding this judicial decision to throw a grenade into the web ecosystem just because I don't like the current state without an idea of implications or recourse is akin to what the MAGA crowd is doing.