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How would Chrome make money? Right now they get a blank check from Google because dominance on the web is their business model. But if they're not supposed to sell out users interests to the ad-company, how are they supposed to earn any revenue? Sell Chrome licenses?

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Just like how Firefox earns money, sell default search engine rights to highest bidder (google, bing) etc , Chrome itself can become billions of dollar business.

So in other words, sell user interests to the highest bidder.

Firefox is not comparable because it's not a stock company. They don't have the obligation to maximize profit for shareholders.

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