Everybody wants to buy Chrome

For sale: one browser, very popular. As the remedies phase of the Google Search trial heats up, two things have become very clear. The US government would really like to force Google to sell Chrome, and there are a lot of companies interested in buying it. What do you really get when you buy the world's most popular browser, though? And what would it really cost?

On this episode of The Vergecast, Nilay, David, and The Verge's Jake Kastrenakes try and find the right buyer for Chrome. But before that, we have some news to get to. News including that we won the Webby Award for Best Technology Podcast! Thanks again to everyone who voted for us - we were up against some excellent competition, and we're thrilled you picked us. We also have some Party Speaker Capitalism Updates, some thoughts and stories about trying to buy a Switch 2, and a lot of confusing new information about tariffs. I mean, it's one gadget, Michael. What could it cost, ten dollars?

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After that, we head into the courtroom, where both Google and Meta are fighting for their antitrust lives. We talk about what the trial means for AI companies an …

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