Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 27/11/2024The plan aims to raise rivalry in general search, but what firm would buy Chrome if it were stripped of its ability to monetize with Google? 5/N 100
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Sure, Chrome can sell distribution to other search engines. But aside from Bing (or OpenAI), few firms other than big tech ones have the resources to make Chrome an asset worth acquiring 6/N 100
Nicolas Petit @competitionprof.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Say Chrome is sold to Bing, would that really boost competition? I would say yes. But the DoJ likely doesn’t want to assist another big tech firm. Hence the Q: what’s the outcome they have in mind? 7/N 100
