That's what I mean. They want the installed base so that they can capture everyone's browsing data.

since the Government is making you get rid of it anyway.

This is actually a really good point, that might explain 

 Google is reducing effort on AOSP and Chromium, after 

Perplexity Offers to Buy Google's Chrome Browser for $34.5 billion

Cje95

That's what I mean. They want the installed base so that they can capture everyone's browsing data.

> since the Government is making you get rid of it anyway.

This is actually a really good point, that might explain **why** Google is reducing effort on AOSP and Chromium, after [reorganizing it into a distinct business unit last year](https://wccftech.com/google-merging-various-teams-into-single-unit-called-platforms-and-devices/)