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Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts

(www.cnbc.com)
858 points colesantiago | 2 comments | 02 Sep 25 20:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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LeoPanthera ◴[02 Sep 25 20:52 UTC] No.45108877[source]▶
The BBC is reporting the exact opposite of this headline.

"It's also free to keep making payments to partners such as Apple, to secure placement of its browser - another closely watched and contentious part of the case."

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cg50dlj9gm4t

Edit: Even the CNBC body text contradicts its own headline. The confusion seems to be what "exclusive" means.

"The company can make payments to preload products, but they cannot have exclusive contracts, the decision showed."

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1. stefan_ ◴[02 Sep 25 20:58 UTC] No.45108965[source]▶
Gotta keep the cash flowing because the scam is too big.

"Cutting off payments from Google almost certainly will impose substantial—in some cases, crippling— downstream harms to distribution partners, related markets, and consumers, which counsels against a broad payment ban."

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2. coliveira ◴[02 Sep 25 21:32 UTC] No.45109340[source]▶
In other words, if you do something illegal and companies depend on you, then you get a free pass...