If they’re allowed to choose who they sell it to this won’t change anything
DOJ says Google must sell Chrome to crack open its search monopoly
Submitted 10 months ago by moonleay@feddit.org to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/20/24300617/doj-google-search-antitrust-chrome-breakup
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200ok@lemmy.world 10 months ago
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They should force it to become a worker cooperative. It’s the only solution that doesn’t allow for corruption
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Step 1: Buy Chome
Step 2: End development
Step 3: ???
Step 4:
Profit?Non-Profit Firefox?BroBot9000@lemmy.world 10 months ago
ABOUT FUCKING TIME!
sorghum@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Sounds like they are preparing for this by killing off ChromeOS
Tetsuo@jlai.lu 10 months ago
Is the DOJ the only working system in the US now?
PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Big doubt anything actually happens.
52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
The Reuters article suggests prohibiting payments to Apple so that Chrome users on their hardware default to Google search. What about default settings to Firefox? Similar agreements finance a large portion of Mozilla’s revenue.
200ok@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m honestly curious how this would “harm Americans”.
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Google pretending they have any other nationality other then “the global internet” is cute in a disgusting way.
ladicius@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That statement is technically true.
The billionaire owners are Americans.