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Noah Hoffman
@hoffnoah.bsky.social
Yale Law ‘25 | former cross-country skier | interested in climate law, antitrust, financial regulation
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(4/4)It costs tens of billions to develop a GSE, so Mozilla is unlikely to develop one from scratch. (Doing so would allow them to generate revenue without relying on a third party.) Overall, the proposed remedy will likely force independent browser developers to find new ways to generate revenue.
November 21, 2024 at 10:03 PM
(3/4)Even if Apple is incentivized (due to the loss of $20 billion/year in revenue) to develop a general search engine (as DOJ hopes they will be), their built-in user base and ecosystem-focused business model make it unlikely that they will pay for default placements on third-party browsers.
November 21, 2024 at 10:03 PM
(2/4)For the same reason, Google may have a hard time finding a suitable buyer if it is forced to divest Chrome because there is no clear path to monetizing Chrome as a standalone entity. Neither Bing nor Duck Duck Go are likely to pay as much as Google has historically paid for default placements.
November 21, 2024 at 10:02 PM