DOJ to ask judge to force Google to sell off Chrome, Bloomberg News reports
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The U.S. Department of Justice will ask a judge to force Alphabet's Google to sell off its Chrome internet browser, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the plans.

Note: Original report by Bloomberg, article by Reuters proxied by Neuters to bypass paywall.

  • Scrollone@feddit.itEnglish
    9·
    1 month ago

    It will never happen. But it would be a good thing for the openness of the web. More Firefox, less Chrome.

    • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish
      4·
      1 month ago

      Yep.

      Tech companies have extreme “Fuck You” money. They have learned a lot from the past two decades of Antitrust acts.

      That politician is either going to quickly change their mind with some bribes, or watch their entire life disappear with an army of lawyers or paid off peers shutting them down.

    • tomatoely@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      Wouldn’t it put Firefox on a pickle? Say Chrome gets bought out of Google’s hands, would they still bother to pay half a billion to Firefox to stay as the default search engine? Could Firefox survive being financially independent?