According to Bloomberg today, the DOJ has now finalized its requests to the judge. These recommendations will be made official (and public) Wednesday.
At the top of the list is having Google sell Chrome “because it represents a key access point through which many people use its search engine.” There are many questions about how that works, including what the impact on the underlying Chromium codebase would be. Would Google still be allowed to develop the open-source project by which many other browsers, like Microsoft Edge use?
The government has the option to decide whether a Chrome sale is necessary at a later date if some of the other aspects of the remedy create a more competitive market, the people said.
Google, which plans to appeal, previously said that “splitting off Chrome or Android would break them.”
Bloomberg reports that “antitrust officials pulled back from a more severe option that would have forced Google to sell off Android.” However, the government wants Google to “uncouple its Android smartphone operating system from its other products, including search and its Google Play mobile app store, which are now sold as a bundle.”
Meanwhile, other recommendations include licensing Google Search data and results, as well as allowing websites that are indexed for Search to opt out of AI training.
More details will be available this week.
There will be a hearing in April of 2025, with a final ruling expected that August.
9to5google.com
Sell it to samsung so they can merge browsers and then be available on non samsung devices.
At the top of the list is having Google sell Chrome “because it represents a key access point through which many people use its search engine.” There are many questions about how that works, including what the impact on the underlying Chromium codebase would be. Would Google still be allowed to develop the open-source project by which many other browsers, like Microsoft Edge use?
The government has the option to decide whether a Chrome sale is necessary at a later date if some of the other aspects of the remedy create a more competitive market, the people said.
Google, which plans to appeal, previously said that “splitting off Chrome or Android would break them.”
Bloomberg reports that “antitrust officials pulled back from a more severe option that would have forced Google to sell off Android.” However, the government wants Google to “uncouple its Android smartphone operating system from its other products, including search and its Google Play mobile app store, which are now sold as a bundle.”
Meanwhile, other recommendations include licensing Google Search data and results, as well as allowing websites that are indexed for Search to opt out of AI training.
More details will be available this week.
There will be a hearing in April of 2025, with a final ruling expected that August.
US Justice Department wants Google to sell Chrome, more
The structural remedy that the US Justice Department will be asking for in Google online search monopoly case is a forced sale of Chrome.
9to5google.com
Sell it to samsung so they can merge browsers and then be available on non samsung devices.
