https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/19/us-doj-sell-chrome-browser-ai-android
US justice department plans to push Google to sell off Chrome browser
[...] The DoJ will reportedly push for Google, which is owned by Alphabet, to sell the browser and also ask a judge to require new measures related to artificial intelligence as well as its Android smartphone operating system, according to Bloomberg.
Competition officials, along with a number of US states that have joined the case against the Silicon Valley company, also plan to recommend that the federal judge Amit Mehta imposes data licensing requirements.
Google has said it will challenge any case by the DoJ and said the proposals marked an "overreach" by the government that would harm consumers.
It didn't go their way a few decades ago when they wanted to split or force Microsoft to split or part with some aspects of the company. Any reason to think they'll do better this time around?
According to Bloomberg they are tossing around the value of $20 billion. Who has that to spare for Chrome? That isn't already more or less a monopoly in and by themselves? One evil is as good/bad as the next evil.
(Score: 3, Informative) by shrewdsheep on Friday November 22, @09:35AM (2 children)
IIRC it was our friend George W Bush who reverted the order when coming into office (not having a clue whatsoever as being a puppet but being ordered by his superiors who probably received large donations). The situation is now different in that Trump will sell to the highest bidder. Maybe Apple/Facebook are willing to put more on the table.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by RedGreen on Friday November 22, @02:14PM
"The situation is now different in that Trump will sell to the highest bidder. Maybe Apple/Facebook are willing to put more on the table."
Not that much different he is still part of the parasite corporate culture. Then count in Google has ALL of his meta data for a long period of time, I would think there are some interesting tidbits in there for leverage for a decision going their way. In short as the French say, plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose, the more things change the more they stay the same...
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(Score: 2) by Tork on Friday November 22, @02:44PM
Ugh on both counts.
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