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

This is great news.

Chrome is the most sophisticated and awesome software ever built, next to Linux. It leads and drives web innovation.

Don’t get me wrong - my main drive is Firefox but googles investment in Chrome benefits every single player in the internet.

Not a popular opinion around these parts. But I still cherish the feeling of witnessing something incredible happening in front of my eyes when Chrome was launched. It felt a thousand times better than the status quo. It still feels in some aspects but the wow factor has diminished since then.

Heh. I will make a quick prediction. If you think generic HN-crowd opinion of Google was low today, I can now basically guarantee you that it will be much, much lower a year from now based on nothing other than Google's behavior prior to this ruling ( effectively barring side loading for most users ). Now all bets are off. So is it great news? For investors? Yes. For everyone else, mmmmmm, nop.

Edit: I am ignoring your point, because I honestly can't take it seriously.