Alphane_Moon

Or better yet, it adds LEDs to your web browsing experience (in-page and inside PWAs) and the colours scheme is synchronized with your computer's LED.

Also depends on which source we are discussing. Many YouTube channel owners do no not call themselves "influencers" and just focus on their domains and are very strict about sponserships (some don't even accept sponsorships).

It downloads RAM for you, sells your browsing data to major gaming companies, helps you stay on top of your Twitch subs by disabling the ability to block web notifications.

You know, a gaming browser.

I agree with you, I may be even more cynical than you with respect to senior executives' public statements and corporate PR.

I just don't see a clear motive for the DDG CEO to inflate the valuation of Chrome. The examples you cite seem a bit far fetched (to me), I could be wrong of course.

That is a possibility.

However, I think in this particular case, the DDG CEO is better qualified than me or you to evaluate the value of Chrome. I can't think of any reason for Weinberg to promote an inflated valuation for Chrome.

It's not only about the brand, it's about the installed base. You have hundreds of millions (billion plus?) of users who use your application every day for a wide variety of tasks.

Weinberg described his estimate as a "back-of-the-envelope" calculation, based on Chrome's vast user base and global reach – a figure that far exceeds previous estimates, such as the $20 billion valuation offered by Bloomberg analyst Mandeep Singh last November. Weinberg added that such a price tag would be well beyond DuckDuckGo's financial capabilities, remarking, "That's out of DuckDuckGo's price range."

The UI/UX has always been absolutely atrocious.

Corruption, American style. Americans love their elaborate and borderline-tiring corruption schemes and PR propaganda.

Also depends on your taste in gaming. More niche games and some retro games can be really hit or miss. But I do agree that in the last ~5 years there has been a revolution in gaming on Linux.

I still have to move away from Windows (by far the biggest issue due to line of business applications and gaming) and Android with Google.

I have experience with Linux via a headless Raspberry Pi home server, but desktop/laptop is whole different level of complexity.

Let's just hope that this has a noticeable impact on the hyperscale CSPs bottom lines in 4-6 quarters. Europe has a very a very bad habit of kicking the can down the road and not rocking the boat. Now is not the time for such meekness.

If you don't live in the US, you're asking for trouble if you use American tech. Doesn't matter if the provider is sane or not, they are still subject to the whims of a proto-facist regime. But even beyond the regime, the American business community is extremely corrupt. They might not see it as corruption (corruption is what happens in some shithole), but that's just an excuse.

And with all due respect to sane Americans, unless there is a massive change in their risk tolerance, it is unlikely there will be any movement away from proto-facism in the short to medium term.

Things aren't going to magically sort themselves out.