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		ipaddr on April 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sundar Pichai received $226M compensation, boosted... These are weak reasons. They may have been at 90% over the last few years but things are quickly changing. The fasting growing cloud? 6% in five years after pouring in billions now they need to start charging what it costs. The more unprofitable of the cloud vendors. Chrome is still the most popular free browser. Not sure that matters as much as it once did.

b112 on April 22, 2023 [–]

Chrome is still the most popular free browser. Not sure that matters as much as it once did.

The data they collect via Chrome, plus their ad network, makes Chrome part of their money printing machine.

So market share I think helps them here.

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