Does Google actually make any money from having the most

>>60020971
they deny competition a lot of money and that's almost as good. plus with their new "built in ad blocker" will block all ads except for google ads so RIP internet ad industry.

>>60020971
It has google as the default search engine, and you can't switch the main address bar to a different search engine easily.

It keeps their ad business safe from browsers that could become hostile to them

>>60020971
they get a botnet a layer down so yes they do, more information = more money. chromebooks are another layer down (so even more info) but are less used.

>>60020971
Yes. This is how the stock market works.

>>60021005
>and you can't switch the main address bar to a different search engine easily.
You can do it surprisingly easy though.

>>60022306
You can't disable "safebrowsing", aka collecting your data, even hashing everything you download and checking a database.

>>60022350
>thinks clicking the disable button does anything
Anon, I...

>>60020971
did you miss that part of the google terms where you agreed to let google sell your personal information to the highest bidder?

>>60020971
They want to provide the single available advertisement apparatus.
Google should have been torn apart ten years ago with anti trust laws.

>>60023521
Antitrust doesn't prevent monopolies, just the abuse of them.

>>60020971
The overwhelming majority of Google's revenue comes from advertising. That is because they collect tons of user data and can provide very good targeted advertising. Now ask yourselves again if they make money off of a browser.

>>60020971
yes, you use more google services. if you use a google service they gain money from:
1. ads
2. data about you they can sell

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>>60020971
If the product is free, you're the product.

>>60020971
they sell your info to the NSA

Google used to pay millions of dollars to Mozilla to be the default search engine. So yes.

They make money from it in a few ways.

1. Chrome boosts Google's name recognition
2. Chrome defaults to Google as the search engine, boosting ad views and therefore engagement
3. Chrome defaults to allowing Google to harvest information from you that can be used to deliver more personalized ads to you

2 and 3 can be circumvented with modifications to the settings.

>>60024084
wtf i hate RMS now

Well they collect all ur userdata and fuck with them.

Let's not forget that browser dominance gives vendors an incredible amount of leverage over web standards. In the past, Internet Explorer's dominance held the entire web back. Now Chrome's dominance allows Google to shape the direction they want the web to take. I think we can all agree that's not a desired outcome.