Lauren Weinstein
@lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

On my usual national network radio tech segment this Monday, I'll be discussing why any decision to separate from their browser (e.g., Perplexity's recent $35 billion offer, or required by a judge as an antitrust remedy, etc.) would likely be a security and privacy disaster for billions of Chrome users around the world.
Lauren Weinstein
@lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Correction: Offers on Chrome - Perplexity 34.5, Search.com 35 billion

In mentioning the bids now appearing for Chrome, I said OpenAI instead of Perplexity in relation to a 35 billion dollar offer (actually 34.5). Now it turns out a group with Search.com made a full 35 billion offer.

In any case, the whole concept of AI-first browsers is disastrous (not just for users but for most websites) and having Chrome in the hands of some firm other than Google would make the entire situation massively worse.

I'll try untangle as much as I can on my Monday radio report.