But pretty much yes. Chrome is a very large, very expensive product to develop with very unclear profit perspective once disassociated from Google.
Maybe ByteDance can buy it!
One possibility is that Chrome could be acquired and run by a consortium of companies, similar to how the C++ programming language is governed. In the C++ model, a committee with representatives from various organizations works collaboratively on proposals, agreeing on features and then implementing them. A similar approach for Chrome could involve major tech companies forming a consortium to collectively manage and develop the browser while adhering to agreed-upon principles and priorities.
The C++ you speak of is a programming language specification, not a consumer-ready piece of software developed by software engineers. I don't see how these are remotely comparable: the C++ consortium doesn't require an army of paid engineers, managers, IT personnel, etc. to operate. A browser does: just look at Mozilla Corp.
Elon likes to buy things.
I suppose this is also a possibility, but I think it's highly unlikely. He already has his hands full with Xitter and DoGE, and he had trouble getting enough money together for his Twitter acquisition, so I'm not sure how he'd have enough money to also buy Chrome. And unlike Twitter, there's no clear way to make any money from Chrome unless it's tied to an advertising empire, which Xitter is not; after all, it's a company so unpopular with advertisers (he told them to go fuck themselves remember) that the CEO wants to the government to prosecute companies for not advertising with them.
Oracle
While Oracle is indeed a big IT company and could probably afford to buy Chrome, I don't see how it would make any business sense for them whatsoever. How would this improve profits for their other products or services?
I don't understand why they bought sun. As everyone I know use mariadb or percona.
Anyone but them.
They're even worse than Microsoft when it comes to customer hostility