Big tech has been the target of the Justice Department in the US for a while now, and Google has been on the top of their list to go after. In a 23-page document filed on Wednesday, U.S. regulators asked a federal judge to break up Google after a court found the tech giant of maintaining an abusive monopoly through its dominant search engine. As punishment, the DOJ calls for a sale of Google’s Chrome browser and restrictions to prevent Android from favoring its own search engine. In short, that means that Google would have to:
- Sell the Chrome browser
- Sell the Android OS if asked. But the Justice Department will start with restricting what the OS will do in terms of allowing Google to make money by routing consumers to their own services. YouTube for example.
- Share search results with rivals for free
- Stop doing exclusive deals to be the preferred search engine on devices. Apple products for example.
While Google will have the chance to present its own view of the universe shortly, you have to imagine that they must be freaked out by this as this would fundamentally change their business model. On top of that, you know that this will be in court for years before there’s any resolution. Finally, if you’re Apple, this is what’s headed in your direction as the Justice Department is coming after them as well. So you know that they’ll be circling the wagons in preparation for what is surely headed their way.
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Google Is Basically In Deep Trouble As The Justice Department Wants To Break Them Up
Big tech has been the target of the Justice Department in the US for a while now, and Google has been on the top of their list to go after. In a 23-page document filed on Wednesday, U.S. regulators asked a federal judge to break up Google after a court found the tech giant of maintaining an abusive monopoly through its dominant search engine. As punishment, the DOJ calls for a sale of Google’s Chrome browser and restrictions to prevent Android from favoring its own search engine. In short, that means that Google would have to:
While Google will have the chance to present its own view of the universe shortly, you have to imagine that they must be freaked out by this as this would fundamentally change their business model. On top of that, you know that this will be in court for years before there’s any resolution. Finally, if you’re Apple, this is what’s headed in your direction as the Justice Department is coming after them as well. So you know that they’ll be circling the wagons in preparation for what is surely headed their way.
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