A top executive said that an online business, Yahoo Inc., supported by owner Apollo Global Management Inc., who would pay for the Chrome internet browser if a federal court orders Google to sell it as a means of preserving an illegitimate monopoly.
Brian Provost, the general manager for Yahoo Search, testified on Thursday during Google’s test in Washington that his business estimates the website will have a sales price in the tens of billions of dollars.
According to Provost, Chrome is “arguably the most significant proper player on the web.” We would be able to work with Apollo on it.
Provost testified during a three-week reading in the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Google and Alphabet Inc. to decide how to overthrow the business’s dominance in online research. Last year, Amit Mehta, the judge, ruled that Google had illegally monopolized the business, and he is considering a number of changes that antitrust enforcement officials have suggested.
According to the , the Justice Department , and a party of , U.S. , states, Google  may be forced to sell off its well-known Chrome browser.
In the early 2000s, Yahoo held the top place before losing it to Google. The business has changed arms numerous occasions; Apollo purchased it from Verizon Communications Inc. in 2021.
According to Provost, Yahoo has been working to “revitalize” its seek website and started developing its own website, which is still in development. He claimed that the business has also thought about purchasing a computer and that it has since expressed interest in purchasing Chrome from the Justice Department.
Internet would most likely face off against them. The mind of ChatGPT stated during the trial Tuesday that OpenAI may be interested in purchasing the Chrome website.
In response to a question about whether the firm would seek to purchase Google’s browser, OpenAI’s ChatGPT chief, Nick Turley, said,” Yes, we do, as did many other events.
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