“Chrome exists to serve Google search.” - The Verge

www.theverge.com “Chrome exists to serve Google search.” - The Verge

The US v. Google antitrust case may be frustratingly shrouded in secrecy, but occasionally we get some fun nuggets. The quote above comes from an internal email sent by Google’s Jim Kolotouros, VP of Android Platform Partnerships. “Chrome exists to serve Google search,” he writes. “If it cannot do t...

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Are you surprised? Chrome, Chromebook and Android are mere vessels to get data.
In other words, water is wet, grass is green, and the sky is blue.
And this is a surprise for whom?
- Next they’ll tell me that Alexa and Kindles are just there to sell me stuff.
Pretty much everything Google makes exists solely to power it's ad service - including it's search engine. That's literally their whole business. Did anyone think that Google was building browsers just as a fun weekend project?
Blud no shit
In fact, we all exist to serve Google. Hail the blessings of the corporation!
- Android is google. Isn't it?
the Assistant team has admitted that the product does not have a market fit on mobile

How is there not a market demand for a voice assistant on mobile devices?
- I read this too and scratched my head. I would argue that voice assistants are more useful on a mobile device than a stationary one 💀
- I’d guess because there is an OS assistant that’s hard to change.
I have ecosia set as my default search engine on chrome. and only use chrome for those instances when firefox doesn't serve the need.
Indeed.

As Orion exists to complement Kagi search.

Orion can be used fine with anything else though too circa the time of this post. Highly recommend both.
- I've been loving Kagi, but I have no particular need for their browser.
  
  ETA: Oh, I see it's only for iOS and macOS anyway. Maybe that ecosystem needed it, but I wouldn't know.
  
  Yep, though Linux is coming next "soon".
  
  I like that Orion (via Kagi as the business) is directly aligned with MY interests as a human.
  
  Safari, I'm generally a fan of too as Apple is--for now--generally aligned with customer; but mostly annoyed that they force an extension to use a search not in their list. Also find the adblocking just "ok" in Safari.
- If they release a non-chromium windows counterpart (not sure if WebKit works on windows?) I'd seriously consider it. Eagerly awaiting it!
....obviously.

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