geese_feces [comrade/them, love/loves]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days agoOpenAI wants to buy Chrome and make it an "AI-first" experiencearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up175arrow-down1external-linkOpenAI wants to buy Chrome and make it an "AI-first" experiencearstechnica.comgeese_feces [comrade/them, love/loves]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square41linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareSoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 days agoThe enshittification will continue until the rate of profit improves
minus-squareRuncible [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days ago until the rate of profit improves (it will not)
minus-squareMolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoProblem: People saying thank you to our chatbots on paid plans is losing us too much money. Solution: Let’s take over a browser used by 65% of the world, stuff it full of AI features, and serve it for free! Cha-ching!
minus-squareSoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days ago…and serve the basic version for free. You want to have more than five tabs open? That’s a Chrome Pro feature.
The enshittification will continue until the rate of profit improves
(it will not)
Problem: People saying thank you to our chatbots on paid plans is losing us too much money.
Solution: Let’s take over a browser used by 65% of the world, stuff it full of AI features, and serve it for free! Cha-ching!
…and serve the basic version for free.
You want to have more than five tabs open? That’s a Chrome Pro feature.