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   Tim Chambers (tchambers@indieweb.social)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 21:59:11 JST Tim Chambers

   A really good question. If they are forced to divest Chrome, I'd hope they could be required to give it to a non-profit foundation to run. Any of the current potential buyers lining up scares me as much as Alphabet.

   https://daringfireball.net/2025/04/is_chrome_even_a_sellable_asset

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     Dan Sugalski (wordshaper@weatherishappening.network)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 22:09:25 JST Dan Sugalski

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     @tchambers Every company I've seen who wants Chrome would be unarguably worse for the browser than Google. And I have no illusions about how good (or not) Google is for Chrome.

     I think you're right, this is the kind of resource where a non-profit (I'd say governmental agency, but *gestures wildly*) with stable funding should manage it. I could make the case we should have several, just so the whole world doesn't settle on Chrome as the One True Browser.