Department of Justice Seeks to Separate Chrome and Google Search from Android
Nov 21, 2024, 12:53 PM by Rich Brome @rbrome.bsky.social
The Department of Justice has officially requested that Google sell off its Chrome web browser and stop making Google the default search engine in web browsers and on phones, including both Android phones and iPhones. The request is the DoJ's proposed remedy in an ongoing federal anti-trust case in which the court has already found Google guilty of maintaining an abusive monopoly. Google would further be barred from favoring its own services — such as its Gemini AI and YouTube — in Android. The DoJ also wants Google to be required to sell off its Android OS "if its oversight committee continues to see evidence of misconduct." Google responded that the proposal pushes "a radical interventionist agenda that would harm Americans and America’s global technology leadership." Google points out that barring deals for Google Search placement in web browsers would actually hurt browser competition, as Mozilla's Firefox browser is financially dependent on its deal with Google.
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