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Google Chrome Worth ‘Upwards of $50 Billion,’ Browser Rival Says
- DuckDuckGo CEO estimated potential sale price at DOJ hearing
- Justice Department has asked that court order Chrome’s sale
Such a lofty price tag might dissuade potential buyers from making offers if Google were ordered to spin off Chrome.
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Google’s Chrome web browser could be sold for as much as $50 billion, the chief executive officer of rival search engine DuckDuckGo testified Wednesday at the Justice Department’s antitrust trial against the internet giant.
“I think it’s upwards of $50 billion if it went on the market, and that’s out of DuckDuckGo’s price range,” said Gabriel Weinberg, CEO of DuckDuckGo, which operates a privacy-focused search engine and browser.