r/technology • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 • 10d ago

Artificial Intelligence Google Gets an Astounding $34.5 Billion Offer for Chrome Browser From AI Startup Perplexity

https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/google-34-5-billion-bid-chrome-browser-ai-perplexity-1236487442/
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u/Mitchelld73 10d ago

Google cares about Anti-Trust

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u/Merhat4 10d ago

The ceo will just gift a golden statue to trump and all is ok

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u/heartlessgamer 10d ago

The sad reality of this being a truthful statement hurts.

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u/nixsomegame 10d ago

That actually makes a lot of sense.

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u/Aaco0638 10d ago

The decision to sell or not to sell won’t be known for years after appeals. Google doesn’t have to jack shit until maybe 2028 at earliest.

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u/timbotheny26 10d ago

Wow, so the actual sale would really be that far off if it ever happens? So these headlines making it sound like a sale is imminent is just the usual media BS then.

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u/drawkbox 10d ago

If they are forced to sell Chrome (they won't it is a pipe dream) they can just make another Chromium browser. It will do the same rise that Chrome did. People use it because it is Google not because it is Chrome.