Comment by santiagobasulto
Comment by santiagobasulto 9 hours ago
This sounds a bit clickbaity, they could just fork Chromium and build their own version as Edge or Brave. After all, they already have the distribution (ChatGPT).
Comment by santiagobasulto 9 hours ago
This sounds a bit clickbaity, they could just fork Chromium and build their own version as Edge or Brave. After all, they already have the distribution (ChatGPT).
If they get chrome they can push updates to the already existing user base.
They’d be buying the user base.
I guess most people use chrome because it is the default. Some people think I don't have internet because I don't have a chrome icon.
They do not have the distribution, that would be the entire point of buying Chrome. ChatGPT is not a web browser, buying Chrome lets them hoover up web browsing data + billion users, which are crucial to developing an ads product, which is ultimately what this will shake out into.
Surely they'd be wanting to buy 3.5billion users, though?
I actually wonder what the price tag is for that, lol.
That's it, if Chrome goes independent and / or is opened up for purchase, it's a very attractive target for companies for data harvesting. I mean I'm sure Google does as well (and got in trouble for e.g. incognito mode not being as incognito as advertised), but they keep it under wraps and make sure to not scare people off.
The title is clickbait. Most of openai's comments were about their desire to have access to google's index. They also discussed how open AI is thinking about creating a chrome Fork to compete with Google Chrome. The specific part where they mentioned wanting to buy chrome was a hypothetical muse:
> According to Turley, OpenAI would throw its proverbial hat in the ring if Google had to sell. When asked if OpenAI would want Chrome, he was unequivocal. "Yes, we would, as would many other parties," Turley said.