Technology DOJ Keeps Recommendation to Take Chrome Away from Google

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

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https://www.thurrott.com/google/318259/doj-keeps-recommendation-to-take-chrome-away-from-google

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and 38 U.S. states filed their final remedy recommendations in the US v. Google antitrust case on Friday, and it’s a mix of good and bad news for the monopolistic online giant. Mostly bad.

“We proved Google violated antitrust law in an epic federal trial,” Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti said. “Now it’s time to solve the problem. Today’s proposed final remedies package holds Google accountable for its search monopoly and protects consumers by promoting competition.”

The proposed remedies include:

• Forcing Google to sell off its Chrome web browser and, if the company fails to comply with its legal requirements, to divest itself of Android as well.
• A ban on all search-related payments to distribution partners like Apple and Android device makers.
• Google should be denied “exclusive control of ill-gotten gains” by requiring it to share targeted portions of its search index, user, and advertising data with its competitors for a “limited period of time.”
• A requirement that the government review any “future financial interests” in competitors with online search or generative AI products and services “for a limited time” to ensure the company doesn’t “use the same monopolistic playbook with new technologies.”

DOJ Keeps Recommendation to Take Chrome Away from Google

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and 38 U.S. states filed their final remedy recommendations in the US v. Google antitrust case on Friday.

www.thurrott.com

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Apple could be the biggest loser in the Google Chrome sell off case

The final remedies will be decided in April, and Google is now at risk of losing a product that holds over 66 percent of the browser market share worldwide. However, a Google Chrome sell-off could also wipe out $20 billion from Apple revenues.

Google currently serves as the default search engine on Apple's exclusive browser app, Safari, and it pays Apple a whopping $20 billion to secure that position. A potential divestment of Chrome from Google will end Google's presence in Safari as the default search engine.

Apple could be the biggest loser in the Google Chrome sell off case

As the DOJ is forcing Google to sell off the Chrome browser, Apple is also at risk of losing a lot of billions in revenue.

www.neowin.net

 

[oldschool]

Apple could be the biggest loser in the Google Chrome sell off case

Apple could be the biggest loser in the Google Chrome sell off case

As the DOJ is forcing Google to sell off the Chrome browser, Apple is also at risk of losing a lot of billions in revenue.

www.neowin.net

Along with Firefox, I suppose.

 

[Marko :)]

I hope the buyer of Chromium will decide to bring MV2 back.

 

[Sammo]

Microsoft will probably buy Chrome and force us to use Bing

 

[Victor M]

Whoever buys chrome will probably sell the telemetry back to Google.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

How will selling chrome mean Apple won't get paid? Google search is not Chrome last time I checked. Apple will still get paid no matter what.

 

[Arequire]

How will selling chrome mean Apple won't get paid? Google search is not Chrome last time I checked. Apple will still get paid no matter what.

The judge ruled that Google's deal with Apple to have Google set as the default search engine on Apple devices violates antitrust law. So in addition to selling/divesting Chrome, Google will potentially no longer be allowed to pay Apple, Mozilla or any other company to have its search engine set as default anymore.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

OK thank you for clearing that up. I assumed it was just Chrome.