Comment on Chrome is worth around $50 billion, DuckDuckGo CEO guesstimates
REDACTED@infosec.pub 2 weeks agoYou’re not really buying the code, you’re buying userbase, rights and patents (if any)
Comment on Chrome is worth around $50 billion, DuckDuckGo CEO guesstimates
REDACTED@infosec.pub 2 weeks agoYou’re not really buying the code, you’re buying userbase, rights and patents (if any)
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yes, as a part of userbase I don’t want to be on sale, thank you very much. Hence the comment above.
DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz 1 week ago
This is a part of how any business is valued. You don’t just buy the building, stock, brand name, etc. You also buy the customer base. Any place you’ve ever done business with that later got sold, has made you a part of the sale technically.
admin@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Yeah unfortunately, if you’re not paying to use it, you are the product. If you don’t wanna be part of the sale you gotta stop using it.
Also in a similar topic, but not quite about chrome, Firefox is still the most popular browser that doesn’t come preinstalled by default in any phone or mainstream device, that does not mean is free of issues but is sort of a lesser evil.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Doesn’t mean your eyeballs don’t have value.