geese_feces [comrade/them, love/loves]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agoOpenAI wants to buy Chrome and make it an "AI-first" experiencearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down10cross-posted to: [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 · 1 month agomessage-square42fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareSoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoThe enshittification will continue until the rate of profit improves
minus-squareRuncible [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month ago until the rate of profit improves (it will not)
minus-squareMolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month 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-up2·1 month 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.