Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoGermany's Ecosia, a nonprofit search engine, said on Thursday it has submitted a proposal to assume a 10-year stewardship of Google Chromewww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkGermany's Ecosia, a nonprofit search engine, said on Thursday it has submitted a proposal to assume a 10-year stewardship of Google Chromewww.reuters.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square6linkfedilink
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoThis helps for context: https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/21/ecosia-has-offered-to-take-stewardship-of-chrome-and-its-not-a-bad-idea/ TLDR; If the lawsuit goes bad, and Google is forced to sell Chrome, it’s a way for them to retain ownership while working with an existing partner to overcome the monopoly ruling. Still a win win in my book.
This helps for context: https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/21/ecosia-has-offered-to-take-stewardship-of-chrome-and-its-not-a-bad-idea/
TLDR; If the lawsuit goes bad, and Google is forced to sell Chrome, it’s a way for them to retain ownership while working with an existing partner to overcome the monopoly ruling.
Still a win win in my book.