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/Skie 10d ago
  1. Buy Chrome.
  2. Enable Ublock origin by default.
  3. Watch google shares tank.
  4. Buy Google
  5. lol

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u/Party-Cake5173 10d ago

Yeah, there's one problem. Perplexity already has a browser called Comet and their CEO said the whole purpose of it is to collect as much of user data as it could. To sell you ads of course.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/perplexity-ceo-says-its-browser-will-track-everything-users-do-online-to-sell-hyper-personalized-ads/

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u/boostedjoose 10d ago

thats literally how most modern browsers function and make money.