In August 2024, Google was found to have abused its web search monopoly. In November 2024, the US Department of Justice proposed forcing Google to sell off the Chrome web browser — the moat around …
Of course, chrome is Google’s primary useruseage tracking tool, so that would be a big blow for them. They’d have to buy the data they now generate themselves.
The courts found against google in the huge search engine and online add cases, https://www.theverge.com/23869483/us-v-google-search-antitrust-case-updates finding that Google is a monopolist.
They may force Google to divest Chrome. That probably had some impact on this offer.
https://www.theverge.com/news/626502/trump-doj-recommends-google-breakup-antitrust-search-chrome
Of course, chrome is Google’s primary
useruseage tracking tool, so that would be a big blow for them. They’d have to buy the data they now generate themselves.