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DOJ: Google must sell Chrome, Android could be next (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/privacy

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[–] mke 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Google has gotten its first taste of remedies that Donald Trump’s Department of Justice plans to pursue to break up the tech giant’s monopoly in search.

~~Wasn't this all started before Trump was even elected?~~ It actually began October 2020, then in 2023 another case was brought up. Anyway, I wouldn't be surprised if the Trump administration gave Google a break here after some poorly disguised bribes. It's too soon to be claiming they'll do anything. Weird phrasing, considering what's happening.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I think it was actually started during Trump’s first term. Biden just escalated it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Or just decide he thinks the opposite of what he thought yesterday, as with TikTok.

[–] onlinepersona 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

RIP Mozilla: 1998-2025 🪦

jk, Google will pay Trump to somehow undo this.

I couldn't gather from the article, but when exactly is Google supposed to "fully divest itself of Chrome"? It's it's by 2030 or "at Google's discretion", it'll just never happen.

Edit:

A final ruling in the search monopoly trial is expected in August 2025.

Report: DOJ wants to force Google Chrome sale, Android de-bundling

Lol, never happening. Trump won't let it.

Anti Commercial-AI license

[–] onlinepersona 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

@[email protected] 2025-09-01

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What did your last link have to do with this?

[–] Colloidal 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It’sa tentative anti AI scrapping measure.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Lol scrapers don't gaf about that

[–] Colloidal 2 points 4 weeks ago

No they don’t.

[–] Scoopta 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This will be really interesting, especially given the Firefox fiasco and the fact that chrome is open source. Assuming it stays open source will Google just fork it and make their own chromium browser? Guess we'll see

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

During the term of the judgment, Google would not be allowed to release any new browsers. However, it may continue to contribute to the open source Chromium project.

Potentially later, but I’m not sure people would switch at that point